Tuesday marks the start of the seven-day "Pran Pratishtha," or consecration ceremony, of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, an Uttar Pradesh town on the banks of the Saryu. With a magnificent ceremony officiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thousands of VVIP visitors in attendance, the ceremonies will come to a close on January 22. After the decades-long dispute over the site was resolved by the Supreme Court in November 2019, the construction of the Ram temple got underway.
Lal Krishna Advani, a prominent member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, set off on a rath yatra thirty-three years ago from Somnath, Gujarat, to construct the temple honoring Lord Ram, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Narendra Modi, who is currently the prime minister, was one of the people that went with the then-BJP president. The 1990 yatra was mostly coordinated by Prime Minister Modi, who at the time was the Gujarat BJP's general secretary. He went to the Ram temple's "bhoomi pujan" in 2020, which was thirty years later. Prior to the 'Pran Pratishtha' function, Modi declared last Friday that he would be going on an 11-day anushthan (holy fast).
In preparation for the major celebration, complex Hindu rites will be performed over the course of the following seven days. The atonement ritual will be conducted on January 16 by the host designated by the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra. The "Dashvidh" bath will be held on the banks of the Saryu River, as was previously announced. There will be a Karmakuti Poojan and Prayaschita. The Ram Lalla idol's Parisar Pravesh is scheduled for January 17.
The ceremonies of Aushadhadhivas, Kesaradhivas, and Ghritadhivas will take place early on January 19. The rite of Dhanyadhivas will happen later in the evening. The Sharkaradhivas and Phaladhivas rites will be performed in the morning on January 20. In the evening, the Pushpadhivas will happen. The Shaiyadhivas ceremony will occur in the evening on January 21st, while the Madhyadhivas ritual will occur in the morning.
