Ayodhya Ram Mandir News Updates

A day after the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla idol at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Uttar Pradesh government has imposed an immediate ban on all incoming vehicles, including state roadways buses in view of an overwhelming surge of devotees on Tuesday.

Sculptor Subrat Moharana said, “Significantly, the 500-year wait for an abode of Lord Ram came to an end. Lord Ram made His homecoming which has given us immense joy. I feel very proud of being a part of the determination ‘mandir wohin banayenge’. Over 150 Odia sculptors were engaged in the temple construction."

Many parents in Odisha's Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts named their babies born on the Ram temple consecration day as Ram and Sita.

A Muslim woman, who delivered her child on January 22 in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad, has named her newborn baby Ram Rahim because he was born on the day of Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The Marwari Society in Cuttack observed deepotsav with religious fervour on Monday evening following the consecration ceremony of Lord Ram in Ayodhya.

National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Baijayant Panda attended the programme at Daria Ramchandi shrine in Mahakalpara of Kendrapara on Monday. He offered prayer to the goddess.

Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra informed that the ornaments have been made following the descriptions of Shri Ram's scripturally appropriate splendour in texts such as the Adhyatma Ramayana, Valmiki Ramayana, Ramcharitmanas and Alavandar Stotra.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today led rituals at the Pran Pratishtha ceremony in the sanctum sanctorum of the grand temple.

Carrying a silver ‘chhatra’ placed on a red cloth amidst the playing of ‘Mangal Dhvani’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi climbed up the stairs of the newly constructed Ram temple and performed ‘Sankalp’ within the 84 seconds ‘Abhijit Muhurat’ as part of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Lord Ram Lalla.

The ceremony was held amidst hymns and songs chanted by the Indian diaspora which reverberated throughout the venue. The temple was inaugurated after the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony was performed by an American priest with Mexican hosts. The idol was brought from India.

In the run up to the historic event in Ayodhya, Bollywood singers Sonu Nigam, Shankar Mahadevan and Anuradha Paudwal stole the show with soulful Ram Bhajans on the occasion today.

Ram Lalla’s idol created by Yogiraj was unanimously picked by a panel from idols carved by three sculptors ahead of the Pran Prathistha ceremony.

The journey of Ayodhya - from the days of ‘turbulence’ to the consecration ceremony now - is marked by the sacrifice of lakhs of Kar Sevaks who will probably continue to be the links to the past.

BHISHM is equipped with cutting-edge technology to bolster medical readiness and response capabilities during the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony.

The Temple Trust had placed an order for 15,000 boxes for the guests with Lucknow’s famous sweet shop Chhapan Bhog, which after receiving the order, refused to take money for it.