The entire world’s eyes will be on a rejuvenated Ayodhya when the living faith of millions keeps tryst with history to rejoice at the long-awaited Pran Pratishtha of Ram Lalla’s idol at the newly-built Ram Janmabhoomi temple in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 8,000 special invitees here on Monday.
Ayodhya Looking Forward For Grand Celebration
Virtually the whole of Ayodhya is looking forward to the consecration ceremony to get the deity enshrined in his rightful abode in his birthplace. In 2019, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favour of the temple side and in 2020 Modi performed the ‘bhoomi pujan’ of the grand temple. Already, the temple town is in celebratory mode.
Top Stars Arrives In Ayodhya
Many top film stars like Rajnikanth, Salman Khan, Kangana Ranaut arrived while chartered flights of many other VIPs kept landing at regular intervals at the newly inaugurated Maharishi Valmiki International Airport. Satyendra Das, the octogenarian head priest of Ram Janmabhoomi, said the set of rituals to be performed as per the directions of the high priests of Varanasi — Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid
Devotional Tunes Played Out Ayodhya
Devotional tunes played out across Ayodhya on the eve of the grand event though the temple town was virtually cordoned off from the rest of the country, with only VIPs invited for the event, media persons carrying valid passes and officials being let in. On the eve of the celebratory event, the culture department put up 100 stalls at which 2500 folk artists performed for an audience that was a motley mix of wide-eyed onlookers, security force personnel, guests, locals and media.
The celebrations happened across the town but were most prominent along the 13-kilometre Ram Path – one of the four major corridors that have come up along Ayodhya.
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has readied ‘Mahaprasad’ for the VIP guests who will attend the consecration event.