AYODHYA (UP) , Jan 9: Preparations are in full swing for the first anniversary of the consecration of Ram Lall in the grand temple.
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust and the district administration are actively gearing up for the ceremony, set to begin on January 11.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the programme and will perform the Abhishek of Ram Lalla. Ram Lalla will be dressed in a Pitambari on the first day of Pratishtha Dwadashi.
It is being prepared in Delhi. Its weaving and embroidery is being done with gold and silver threads. It will reach Ayodhya on January 10, which Ram Lalla will wear on January 11 and give darshan.
The festival will be held from January 11 to 13, with January 11 being especially important.
The ceremony will begin with the Abhishek of Ram Lalla. The process of worship and Abhishek of Ram Lalla will start from 10 am.
On the same lines as the Abhishek of Ram Lalla was done in the consecration ceremony, Ram Lalla will be anointed with Panchamrit, Saryu water, on Pratishtha Dwadashi. After Abhishek-Pujan, Ram Lalla’s Maha Aarti will be held at exactly 12:20 pm.
According to Shri Ram Mandir Trust, about 110 VIPs will also participate in it. At the same time, a German hangar tent has been set up at the Angad Tila site, which can host up to 5,000 people.
Common people will get an opportunity to see grand programme, including classical cultural performances, rituals, and Ram Katha discourses organised daily in the Mandap and Yagyashala.
General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Champat Rai said, “The trust has decided to invite common people, who could not attend the consecration ceremony last year. They will be allowed to attend the events on all three days at Angad Tila.”
According to the temple trust, decorations and preparations for the celebrations are in full swing at the Yagya site. The mandap and the yagya shala will be the main venues for these celebrations.
This is a rare opportunity for common people to be a part of the Ram Mandir celebrations. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will perform the anointment of Ram Lalla at the temple on January 11.
The trust has already sent invitations to saints and devotees from across the country.
(UNI)