Ayodhya Ram Mandir Updates: World record set after 33,000 diyas lit to write 'Siyavar Ramchandra Ki Jai'

The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has decided to abstain from judicial work on Monday in view of the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya.

Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch lit up and decorated ahead of the Ram temple 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony in Ayodhya tomorrow.

The official residence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lit up ahead of the Ram Mandir 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony in Ayodhya tomorrow.

A Guinness world record was created after 33,258 'diyas' (earthen lamps) were lit to write "Siyavar Ramchandra ki Jai" in Chandrapur in Maharashtra in the run up to the idol consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Monday. The event took place on Saturday night on the Chanda Club ground here in the presence of state minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.

President Droupadi Murmu writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of Pran Pratishtha at Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya Dham.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath takes a selfie with a sand sculpture depicting Lord Ram and the Ram temple at Ram Katha Park in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh

A multi-layer security cover is in place in Ayodhya for the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple, with 10,000 CCTV cameras and drones equipped with artificial intelligence keeping an eye on the movement of people and police personnel in plain clothes deployed at the venue.
From Dharam Path and Ram Path here, which are witnessing a huge influx of devotees, to bylanes of the Hanumangarhi area and Asharfi Bhavan road, policemen can be seen patrolling the streets.

“It feels like a wave of devotion has arisen in the entire country. A huge change is taking place in the universe as the dream of this grand temple has now been completed,” said spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who is in Ayodhya to attend the Ram Temple Pran Pratishtha ceremony.

“Discipline and tolerance are the two big qualities of a person. I am thankful to people for all the love they have shown for my character as ‘Yudhishthira’. PM Modi ji is the ‘Yudhishthira’ of our generation,” said Gajendra Chauhan as he arrived at Lucknow airport to attend Ram Temple Pran Pratishtha ceremony tomorrow.

Temples in Puducherry will livestream the consecration of the Lord Ram temple at Ayodhya on their premises after the territorial government issued circulars directing them to make arrangements, official sources said here on Sunday.

The Visva-Bharati will be closed for half a day on January 22 for the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, an official said on Sunday. As per the directive of the Union Education Ministry, all undergraduate and post-gradutate classes of the varsity will be suspended till 2.30 pm, said Visva-Bharati spokesperson Mahua Bandyopadhyay.

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has got 'mahaprasad' prepared for the VIPs coming to attend the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on Monday. More than 20,000 packets of 'mahaprasad', which has been prepared with pure ghee, five types of dry fruits, sugar, gram flour ('besan') is being handed over to the Trust for the guest after the ceremony, an official said.

According to authorities, they are also using anti-drone technology as well as artificial intelligence (AI) technology as part of their additional measures to add an extra layer of security.

Over 13 thousand security personnel have been deployed in and around Ayodhya to ensure safe and smooth conduct of the grand 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony at Ram Temple, Uttar Pradesh Police department authorities said on Sunday.

Union Minister Smriti Irani arrives at the Lucknow airport to attend the Ram temple 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony tomorrow

On Ram temple 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak says, "All preparations have been made. We are waiting for PM Modi and the grand temple of Lord Ram is ready. Everyone is happy."

On the ‘Pran Pratistha’ ceremony of Ram Temple, Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says, "Change can be seen here and the credit for it goes to CM Yogi Adityanath. Ayodhya has been transformed. Tomorrow everyone should light diya at their homes and chant Ram's name.'

Bageshwar Dham's Dhirendra Shastri arrives in Ayodhya, ahead of the Ram Temple pranpratishtha ceremony tomorrow.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday announced a public holiday on January 22 in view of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Nearly 7,500 saplings of flowers brought from Maharashtra have been planted in the premises of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, offering a visual treat to devotees visiting the shrine. The saplings comprising many foreign and indigenous varieties of flowers have been planted by the forest department, officials said. Besides the flower saplings, 56 species of ornamental plants, including Aglaonema Red-Lipstick, Alocasia Black Velvet-Cucullata, Philodendron Ring of Fire-Birkin, Xanadu, Red Congo, Pink Fire, Pink Princess, Dieffenbachia White, Homalomena Bronze, Caladium Mix, Malpighia Shriram, Dracana Mahatma, Cephalandra plant, have been planted in the temple premises.

Many companies are joining the bandwagon of Ram Temple consecration, from declaring a contribution in lighting at the complex to planning to screen the event live on multiplexes. Some companies are donating a portion of their profit from sales in the region during the inauguration period to distribute special foods across the city of Ayodhya. Several companies operating in consumer space have activated on-ground marketing campaigns by putting up large numbers of hoardings, gate branding, shopboards, and kiosks offering products to devotees, arriving in the holy city for the Ayodhya Ram Temple. The ‘Pran Pratistha’ ceremony commenced on 16 January and will continue till 22 January.

A day ahead of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple, the streets and the skyline of Ayodhya have turned saffron with flags flying atop buildings, small and big, across the temple town. On the tastefully decorated Ram Path and Dharm Path, devotees can be seen walking or going on horseback waving saffron flags. Sale of such flags bearing images of Lord Ram, the new temple and Lord Hanuman have also increased manifold lately. Nearly all buildings and shops along Ram Path, near the Lata Mangeshkar Chowk, are decked up with flags of different sizes. Even houses, dharamshalas, mutts, shops and hotels along the inner streets of the city bear large saffron flags on their rooftops.

The old idol of Ram Lalla, kept in a makeshift shrine, will be placed in front of the new idol which will be consecrated at the temple in Ayodhya on January 22, said Govind Dev Giri, the treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. He also said that more than Rs 1,100 crore has so far been spent in constructing the Ram Temple and another Rs 300 crore might be needed to complete the work. A 51-inch Ram Lalla idol was placed in the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple last week. Three idols of Lord Ram were built from which the one sculpted by Mysuru-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj has been selected for "Pran Prathistha".

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday urged people of all faiths to hold special prayers on the occasion of the Ram temple consecration on Monday to promote harmony. “The pran pratistha of Lord Ram in Ayodhya is not a triumph of Hinduism, but of Indian civilisation. All should offer prayers in their own way to ensure communal harmony and brotherhood in the state,” Sarma said at a press conference.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday announced a public holiday on January 22 in view of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The chief minister also appealed to the people of Himachal Pradesh to light earthen lamps at home on the occasion.

Goa: People at Ravindra Bhavan, Sankhali made pictures with colours ahead of Ram Temple's 'pran pratishtha' ceremony tomorrow in Ayodhya.

PAC Barabanki Police Band performs at Lata Mangeshkar Chowk in Ayodhya ahead of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony tomorrow.

ISRO’s Indian Remote Sensing Satellite has captured a picture of Ayodhya showing how Ram Mandir looks like from space. In the picture shared by ISRO, the aerial view of the entire town is seen including Ram Temple, Ayodhya Dham railway station, Saryu river.

"We have also used AI technology in the CCTVs installed on temple premises and the nearby areas. Apart from this, approximately 10,000 CCTVs have been installed," Special DG Prashant Kumar said.

Nepal: Devotees offered prayers at Maa Janaki Mandir in Janakpur ahead of the Ram temple Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya.

"Keeping in mind the intricate carvings on the ceiling, the lights have been powder coated to blend them with the surface, creating a world class lighting effect... 8-10 gold lights have been installed, but overall we have installed more than 3000 lights and also 3000 metres of profile lights," Havells President Parag Bhatnagar said.

Ten lakh earthen lamps or diyas will illuminate Ayodhya on Monday evening to celebrate the consecration of the Ram temple. Diyas will be lit at 100 temples, including the Ram Temple, and Ram Ki Paidi, Kanak Bhawan, Guptar Ghat, Sarayu Ghat, Lata Mangeshkar Chowk, Maniram Das Chavani, besides other prominent locations, officials said.

Thousands of earthen lamps were lit up in the shape of Hindi words 'Siyavar Ramchandra Ki Jai' at a ground in Maharashtra's Chandrapur city ahead of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Maharashtra cabinet minister Sudhir Mungantiwar along with his family members performed a pooja before the devotees of Lord Ram lit up the earthen lamps (diyas) late Saturday evening. The event was held at the Chanda Club ground, where several saffron flags were also put up to mark the celebration of the Ram temple consecration to be held in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya city on Monday.

With just a few hours to go before the inauguration of the grand temple in Ayodhya, the idol of Ram Lalla, currently present in the makeshift temple, will be placed in the new Ram Mandir at 8 pm on Sunday (January 21), Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Chief Priest Acharya Satyendra Das said. The idol will be seated at the same place where the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the new idol, brought earlier this week, will be done. The historic event will take place at around 12.30 pm tomorrow. The special 'anushthan' that started on January 16 will be concluded tomorrow with the inauguration of the much-awaited Ram temple in the holy city.

"Seven more temples are to be built in the temple premises. Construction work will be started after Pran Pratishtha ceremony," he said.

Ram Mandir chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das said that the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Lord Ram will be done at around 12.30 pm tomorrow.

Devotees who have arrived from Nepal express their happiness on being able to witness the Pran Pratishtha ceremony on January 22.

Morning visuals from Karsevakpuram, Ayodhya ahead of Ram Temple Pran Pratishtha ceremony, to be held tomorrow.

Glimpses from Ayodhya's Ram Temple ahead of its Pran Pratishtha ceremony on January 22.

The 'akshat' from Ayodhya has already reached the temple. The idols of Lord Rama, Lord Lakshman and Mata Sita have been adorned with new dresses brought from India.

With just hours to go before the historic inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Indian American devotees in Houston performed an innovative Tesla car light show dedicated to Lord Ram. Over 100 Tesla car owners who described themselves as “Ramji ki Gilahariyan of Greater Houston” gathered at Shri Guruvayurappan Krishna Temple for the light show on Friday evening. The mesmerising show attracted hundreds of Ram devotees and passersby in the neighbourhood. The cars had a giant-sized Ram Rath in the backdrop, with a life-size temple oil painting, and loud music of "Jai Sri Ram" giving the place a divine look and feel of being at the temple.

Ram Janmabhoomi premises lit up and decorated beautifully ahead of the Ram temple 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony in Ayodhya.

Light and laser show was organised at Ram ki Paidi in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya as the day of Ram Temple 'Pran Patishtha' draws near.

Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi to observe half-day holiday till 2:30 pm on 22nd January 2024 on pranpratishtha of Ayodhya Ram Temple. However, all emergency services shall remain functional; OPD registration counters to open at 1:30 pm.

On Ram Temple 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says, "The entire country is waiting for it. I appeal to all the countrymen to light diyas in front of their homes on the evening of 22 January and celebrate Diwali."

Visuals of the 'Prasad' that will be distributed among VVIPs, sadhus at the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple on 22nd January in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. 

Acharya Ramchandra Das, successor of Jagadguru Rambhadracharya, says, "It is a matter of joy for us that after 550 years of struggle, the temple of Lord Ram is being built. Hindus across the world are celebrating this. PM Narendra Modi is also doing 'anusthan', so I think it is a very good sign for the country..."

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik makes a sand sculpture depicting Lord Ram and Ram Temple at Ram Katha Park.

Ram Temple in Ayodhya illuminated with decorative lights ahead of the pranpratishtha. Bhajans fill the air in the city as the ceremony remains just two days away.

Uttar Pradesh: 'Sandhya Aarti' being performed at Saryu Ghat in Ayodhya.

Barely three days before the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in the holy city, a 'Shri Ram' has welcomed the birth of the first child of his younger brother 'Lakhan' in Ayodhya. The family from Basti district is overjoyed and has described the birth as a "divine blessing".

"Here we feel the prestige of truth, and god resides where truth prevails... Religious leaders from all over the country have gathered here and are chanting the name of Shri Ram, and the penance of the whole nation is being completed," said Mahant Girijanand Saraswati from Trimbakeshwar Ahead of Shri Ram Pran Pratishtha on January 22.

Delhi LG V.K. Saxena approves half-day closing of all Delhi Government offices/ULBs/autonomous bodies/undertakings and boards etc on 22nd January 2024 (Monday), on account of Ram Temple pranpratishtha in Ayodhya.

Half holiday declared in all state government offices and educational institutions across the state of Gujarat till 2:30 pm on 22nd January

Devotees from Germany arrived at Ayodhya ahead of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple on 22nd January.

10,000 packets of prasad have been prepared by 'Surbhi Sodh Sansthan' from Varanasi at Saraswati Vidya Mandir in Ayodhya, for the invitees attending the Pran Pratishta Ceremony on 22 January.

PM Modi's final program has not come yet. According to sources, the administration is making three types of preparations. 1-PM Modi can come to Ayodhya a day before. 2- PM Modi can come to Ayodhya on January 22 and participate in the consecration ceremony. PM can land at the airport or Saket College. 3- PM Modi can come to Lucknow a day before. The administration is making all kinds of preparations. According to sources, PM Modi will not go and take bath in Saryu river. But the administration says that a surprise may also come from the PMO. Till now the information available to the administration is that PM Modi will come to Ayodhya on 22nd January and will return after attending the Pran Pratishtha ceremony.

Jagadguru also sang a devotional song as he spoke about the 'mukhmandal' of Ram Lalla and describes it in words.

NDRF set up a camp near Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya ahead of the pran pratishtha ceremony.

Rangolis are being painted in Ayodhya ahead of Ram Mandir’s Pran Pratishtha ceremony on 22nd January.

Priests performed consecration rituals at Ram temple on Day 5, in the lead up to the final day of the ceremony on January 22.

Students of Swaminarayan Gurukul formed a human chain in Surat, Gujarat depicting Lord Ram's bow and arrow.

PAC Barabanki Police Band performs at Lata Mangeshkar Chowk ahead of the grand Pran Pratishtha ceremony on 22nd January.

Lock and Key weighing around 400 kg, made in 6 months arrives at Ayodhya from Aligarh, ahead of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony on 22nd January.

Devotees from Chhattisgarh have brought 'Sweet Ber' from Shivrinarayan in Chhattisgarh's Champa district. A group of 17 devotees arrived in Ayodhya to hand over the fruits to the Ram Janmabhoomi trust. It is believed that Shivrinarayan was the maternal home of Lord Ram. During the 'Vanvasa', when Lord Ram reached the place along with brother Lakshman, a devotee named Shabri fed him her partially eaten 'sweet Ber'.

Ram Lalla's childhood pictures have been put at the gate from where invitees will enter the Ram Mandir on January 22 for the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony. Several personalities from all walks of life have been invited to the historic event.

The latest video of Ram Mandir showcases the preparations underway for the consecration ceremony. The video shows the grandeur of the temple and its artistic beauty from the inside. Glowing with the artificial lights inside the temple, the visuals look stunning.

"The occasion of consecration in Ayodhya is reminding my family members across the country of every incident related to the life and ideals of Lord Shri Ram. One such emotional incident is related to Shabari," PM Modi wrote on X.

Ram Mandir will be inaugurated on January 22.

N Nagabhushanam Reddy of Sri Ram Catering Services, who prepared these laddoos says, "...God has blessed my business and my family. I had pledged to prepare 1kg laddoo for each day till I am alive... I have brought a food certificate as well. These laddoos can last one month. 25 men prepared the laddoos for 3 days..."

"After around 400-500 years, this moment has come, big fights were fought, and war happened," he said.

The weight of the Ramayana is 45 kg and it comes in three boxes.

Amrit Mahotsav laser show was organised before Ram Mandir Pran Pratistha ceremony in Ayodhya.

The first image of the new Ram Lalla idol became public on Friday as anticipation built up for the consecration ceremony at the Ayodhya temple on January 22. The statue, carved in black stone sourced from Karnataka, has its eyes covered with a piece of yellow cloth and is adorned with a garland of roses, going by the picture released by the Vishva Hindu Parishad. Ram Lalla, the child Ram, is in the standing posture. The new 51-inch idol, carved by Mysuru-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj, was placed in the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple on Thursday afternoon.

An image of Lord Ram has been made on a 15000 square foot plot using 2.3 lakh 'diyas' in Latur in Maharashtra to mark the idol consecration of the deity's temple in Ayodhya on January 22. The image, which was made by more than 100 artists between January 14 and January 19, was unveiled on Friday evening by local MP Sudhakar Shrangare.