Lord Ram idol to be installed in Ayodhya Ram Mandir on Jan 22: Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday in a big announcement said that idol of Lord Ram will be installed at temple in Ayodhya on January 22. Bhagwant’s announcement came months after Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Tripura announced that Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be rey on January 1, 2024. 

dressing a garing at RSS Vijayashmi Utsav, RSS chief said, "A temple of Lord Ram is being built in Ayodhya. Lord Ram (idol) will be installed at temple on January 22. On that day, we can organise programmes at our own temples in whole country."

Ram temple construction work on track

Notably, Uttar Presh Chief Minister Yogi ityanath on Saturday (October 21) visited Ram Janmabhoomi complex in Ayodhya and reviewed progress of ongoing construction work. Stating that construction work of Ram temple is on track and it will meet its scheduled inauguration deline in January next year.

"We are trying to finish most of projects before Deepotsav. A moment full of pride will come for state and country when, in January 2024, Prime Minister will establish Lord Ram in a grand temple," Uttar Presh Chief minister was quoted as saying. 

Amit Shah's big announcement

dressing a rally in Tripura in January 2023, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be rey on January 1, 2024. “In 2019, Rahul Gandhi used to taunt us saying that while we keep promising construction of Ram Temple, but will never give a fixed date for it. I would like to tell him that Ram Temple at Ayodhya will be rey on January 1, 2024,” he ded.

construction of Ram Temple began after a five-judge bench of Supreme Court in November 2019, in an unanimous verdict, gave all 2.77 acres of disputed land for a temple. court asked central government to provide five acres in a "suitable, prominent place in Ayodhya", for a mosque.