Lord Ram’s idol to be placed in Ayodhya’s Ram temple by Jan 2024: Trust gen secy

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According to Champat Rai, general secretary of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, the idol of Lord Ram would be installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the Grand Ram temple in Ayodhya around January 14, 2024.

He stated that the ground level of the big temple under construction will be completed by the end of next year, i.e. December 20, 2023.

“Ram Mandir Construction Committee’s meeting has concluded. The ground floor of the temple (Ram Mandir) will be ready by December 2023 and after 15 days i.e around 14 January 2024, idol of Lord Ram will be installed in the temple,” said Rai.

Earlier, the Ram Mandir Trust met at Ayodhya’s Circuit House, where deliberations focused primarily on three issues. One of them was the temple’s building cost, which was estimated at Rs 1,800 crore following an 18-month discussion.

The cost, which had previously been estimated at Rs 400 crore, was revised in the past.

“Meeting of Shri Ram Janamabhoomi trust was held. We discussed construction expenses of the Ram temple and it was estimated to be Rs 1,800 crore which could be changed later. The rules of the trust and other statues to be installed in the temple were discussed too,” said Rai.

“When the construction of the temple started, the cost of it was not able to be decided. After consideration, it came to the fore that its cost may come to Rs 400 crore. But when it was considered further, the cost kept changing. The discussions were on for 18 months and it came to the fore that its cost could come to around Rs 1,800 crore which could be changed later. Discussions were held on the rules and regulations to be followed in the trust. The rules were ultimately finalised,” he added.

The meeting of the Building Construction Committee is held every month.

The foundation stone for the construction of Ram Temple’s ‘Garbha Griha’ or the sanctum sanctorum of the temple was laid by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in June this year.

The construction of the temple of Lord Ram in Ayodhya is going on at a fast pace. On August 5, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Ram temple and since then the construction work of the temple has been going on.

The Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi (since retired), unanimously ruled on November 9, 2019, that the land in Ayodhya where the Babri Masjid formerly stood belongs to Ram Lalla.

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