The construction of the temple is expected to be completed by December 2023 and Lord Ram is expected to be seated in the sanctum sanctorum by the Makar Sankranti festival in January 2024, said the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.
Ayodhya Ram Temple’s Construction
A sum of Rs 1,800 crore will be incurred to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya, officials of the trust responsible for the construction of the structure said on Sunday.
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, formed on the Supreme Court’s orders for the construction of the temple in the holy town in Uttar Pradesh, approved its rules and manual after a meeting here.
At the meeting held at the Faizabad Circuit House, the trust members also unanimously decided to make space for idols of prominent Hindu seers in the temple complex.
The Ram Mandir trust
Idols of several other deities of the Ramayan period will also come up at the Ram temple.
“Rules and regulations of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust have been finalized. We have been working on it for the past several months,” said Champat Rai, general secretary of the trust.
The construction of the temple is expected to be completed by December 2023 and Lord Ram is expected to be seated in the sanctum sanctorum by the Makar Sankranti festival in January 2024, he adds.
Rai also informed that 14 of the 15 trust members had attended the meeting. Nripendra Misra, trust chairman Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, treasurer Govind Dev Giri, member Udupi Peethadheeshwar Vishwatirtha Prasannacharya, Dr. Anil Mishra, Mahant Dinendra Das, Kameshwar Chaupal and ex-officio member district magistrate Nitish Kumar were among those who were present physically. Keshav Parasharan, Yugpurush Parmanand, Vimalendra Mohan Pratap Mishra, and ex-officio member state principal secretary, Home, Sanjay Prasad participated virtually.
