Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday has landed in Ayodhya to lay the foundation stone for Ram temple.
The “bhoomi poojan” has begun and is being live telecast.
Along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is also taking part in the bhoomi poojan.
The Prime Minister Narendra left for Ayodhya on Wednesday morning. The Prime Minister’s Office shared a picture of Modi boarding an Air Force plane. He was dressed in traditional dhoti-kurta.
“PM Narendra Modi leaves for Ayodhya,” the PMO tweeted.
PM @narendramodi leaves for Ayodhya. pic.twitter.com/gIPyz7HCJJ
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 5, 2020
On his arrival, the Prime Minister first offered his prayers at the 10th century Hanuman Garhi temple, where he offered ‘aarti’ and made a ‘parikrama’ of the holy shrine.
On the occasion, Gaddinsheen Premdas Maharaj, the head priest of the temple, presented a silver ‘mukut’ and a stole to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Dressed in traditional attire (dhoti and kurta), Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after arriving in Ayodhya, directly went to the Hanuman Garhi temple to offer his prayers as per the tradition. He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
He spent around 10 minutes at the Hanuman Garhi temple. The entire temple premises was sanitised before the Prime Minister’s arrival.
After offering his prayers at the 10th-century temple, the Prime Minister proceeded to the Ram Janmabhoomi site to lay the foundation stone for the Ram temple.
The ‘bhumi poojan’ for the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya is scheduled to begin at 12.30 pm with Modi performing the ‘shila poojan’ and ‘karma shila pujan’.
The Prime Minister will then lay a 40 kg silver brick to symbolise the beginning of the construction of the grand Ram temple.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also unveil a plaque to mark the laying of the foundation stone and also release a commemorative postage stamp on the ‘Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir’. — With inputs from PTI/IANS
