PM Modi to be invited for installation of idol in Ayodhya's Ram Mandir

Preparations are underway for the grand installation of the idol of Lord Ram at the magnificent Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do, sources said.

The Ram Mandir Trust is in the process of sending a formal request letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his presence for the auspicious occasion. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will send the letter, which will bear the signature of the Trust's Chairman, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das. The letter would request the prime minister to confirm his availability during the favorable dates between December and January.

In addition to this, a seven-day festival will also be celebrated in Ayodhya. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust is currently finalising the format of the letter that will be sent to PM Modi.

The invitation letter sent to the prime minister will seek his availability in December and January.

Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government has expedited infrastructure works in Ayodhya, including



expansion of its airport and railway station, as the city prepares for the opening of the Ram temple in January 2024.

Construction work has also been speeded up in several road corridors as these will facilitate the movement of devotees to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi and the Hanuman Garhi temple. UP CM Yogi Adityanath is personally monitoring the progress of works at different sites, sources said.

"The idol of Ram Lalla may be installed in the temple by December and it may be inaugurated by January 2024," Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Nyas general secretary Champat Rai said.

"The temple trust has not yet discussed the dates. However, construction of the temple is going on fast and its inauguration can be done any time from December 31 to January 15," Rai said.

According to a statement issued earlier, the Ram Mandir is 380-feet-long from east to west, 250-feet-wide from south to north and 161 feet high. Its platform, made of pure granite, is 16-feet-high and there are 392 pillars or columns on its three floors.