Uttar Pradesh: Ram Temple in Ayodhya to open for devotees by December 2023, say sources

After years of wait, Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will finally open its gates for devotees by December 2023, sources informed ANI. news comes on eve of one-year anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying a 40-kilogram silver brick foundation stone to formally start construction of a temple in Ayodhya in state of Uttar Presh.

construction of temple was approved by Supreme Court of India in November 2019 on disputed site, which h been a point of contention between Hindus and Muslims for years. In February 2020, PM Modi announced that government has finalized an authority to build temple, and in August  same year, he laid foundation stone on site. reafter, in December, Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust announced that it will launch a mass contact and Contribution Campaign for construction of temple. campaign which started on January 14, 2021, ended on  February 27, 2021. Estimating that around Rs 2500 crores h been received as donations till March 4, trust said that 10 crore households in 4 lakh villages h been approached by 9 lakh volunteers.

It is pertinent to mention here that Ram Mandir is and has long been one a core focus in manifestos of Bharatiya Janata Party, including for 2019 Lok Sabha elections. matter is also more than likely to be raised in run-up to 2022 Uttar Presh polls.

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According to plan, temple will have a museum, record room, research center, auditorium, cowshed, a center for tourists, ministrative building, yoga shala, and or facilities. For construction of aforementioned parts, committee has decided that industrial fly ash, procured from Unchahar rmal Power Plant in Rae Bareli, will be used inste of cement. Besides, sandstone will be procured from Mirzapur, Jodhpur, marble from Makrana in Rajasthan, and pink stone from Bansi Paharpur in Rajasthan.

Currently, construction work on foundation of temple is going on at full throttle and will be completed by end of September. Whereas, second phase of construction will start in November.   entire construction of 70-acre temple premises is expected to be complete by end of 2025.