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‘Liberal’ Salafism, UCC being ‘election propaganda’, ‘not letting secular votes get divided’: Shashi Tharoor playing with fire to become Kerala CM?

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‘Liberal’ Salafism, UCC being ‘election propaganda’, ‘not letting secular votes get divided’: Shashi Tharoor playing with fire to become Kerala CM?

Shashi Tharoor has been busy meeting several religious leaders in Kerala recently and is now getting wider support from the Muslim community after his recent meetings. On the 14th of January, Shashi Tharoor tweeted about his meeting with leaders of the “liberal” Salafi organisation Nadvathul Mujahideen.

“Along with my LokSabha colleague @mkraghavaninc, called on TP AbdullaKoya Madani, chief of the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen, a liberal Salafi organisation, & his senior team. Our warm welcome included a book on the Kerala Muslim Renaissance, in last pic”, he tweeted.

In another tweet, Shashi Tharoor spoke about meeting Sayyid Muhammed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal, President of the Samastha Kerala Jem’iyyathul Ulema, a major body of Sunni scholars.

Shashi Tharoor has, rather openly, voiced his wishes to become to Chief Minister of Kerala, ruffling feathers within the Congress ranks in the state. AICC General Secretary has taken strong opposition to Shashi Tharoor saying he would be willing to become the Kerala CM. KC Venugopal said, “Congress is the most democratic party. Series of meetings happen in the party every month. Leaders can raise any issues in meetings and have discussions. All leaders have the responsibility to ensure that open debates do not spoil the dreams of party workers to come back to power”.

While Shashi Tharoor has maintained that he was only responding to queries by journalists and since the assembly election is far away, there is no point of such a discussion at this point of time, it is clear that Tharoor is trying to consolidate his base in the state by reaching out to specifically the Muslim population of the state.

On Friday, after Tharoor’s meeting with the “sunni scholar”, Samastha president Jifri Muthukoya Thangal hailed Tharoor saying that he is the leader who is trying to achieve a cordial relationship with the Muslim community, something which has been ignored by other leaders in the state of Kerala. He said that Tharoor’s endeavours would strengthen Congress.

“Tharoor possesses the wisdom of understanding the world well. People like him are global citizens. Tharoor has been making interventions to bring Congress back to the mainstream politics”, he said after his meeting with the Congress leader.

While Tharoor is trying to win brownie points in Kerala with the Muslim community, what is far more concerning is what this “liberal” politician seems to have endorsed during this endeavour.

Meeting leaders of Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) at the Mujahid Centre, Tharoor told them that the renaissance movement in Kerala is an example for all communities. He hailed the renaissance efforts of the Mujahid movement and opined that effective steps should be taken to counter the efforts to divide people communally, according to a report by The New Indian Express.

Interestingly, what Shashi Tharoor seems to have hailed is the further Islamisation of the Muslims of Kerala. The Mujahid renaissance movement propagated against Sufism, calling it corrupt, polytheism etc, and called for the revival of true Islamic practices in the Muslim community in Kerala. The Mujahids consider themselves proponents of authentic Islamic reform. They believe in the principle of Tawhid, which refers to the belief that there is no God other than Allah and that Muhammad was his Prophet.

While hailing this effort which is a campaign against every religion other than Islam, one wonders how Shashi Tharoor wanted these very Islamic scholars to counter “efforts to divide people communally”.

Interestingly, KNM Markazudawa leaders also raised concerns with Shashi Tharoor about the BJP government contemplating the implementation of Uniform Civil Code and said that all “secular” parties must stand with the Muslims and their organisations in oppositing this movie. Dangerously, Shashi Tharoor seems to have voiced his opinion against UCC and said that the intention to implement UCC was merely an “election propaganda” by the government.

Speaking at Wisdom Islamic Organisation (WIO), Tharoor further urged that “secular” votes must not be split across states.

Interstingly, in his tweets, Tharoor, in his desperation to get the Muslim support perhaps for his own Chief Ministerial ambitions, also made the oxymoronic claim that he met “liberal” Salafi leaders. It is pertinent to note that there is no “liberal” version of Salafism. Salafism itself means the return to the most pure form of Islam ordained by Prophet Muhammad himself. Salafism is a extremely traditional and restrictive movement. In fact, Salafism also endorses the full implementation of Sharia (Islamic law). It is therefore inexplicable what Shashi Tharoor means by “liberal” Salafism.

It appears evident that Shashi Tharoor is playing with fire and emboldening, even whitewashing, the most extreme elements of the Muslim society in his bid to become the Congress’ CM face in Kerala. What is far more concerning is that he is attempting to rewrite established knowledge about Salafism and the Mujahid movement to paint it as “liberal” reformative campaigns, which they were certainly not. In all, from his recent interaction, it would appear that Shashi Tharoor has ended up endorsing the implementation of Sharia and his opposition to the Uniform Civil Code.

Body of missing woman cricketer found hanging from a tree, family blames Cricket Association of Odisha for her death

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Body of missing woman cricketer found hanging from a tree, family blames Cricket Association of Odisha for her death

Rajashree Swain, a 26-year-old Odisha woman cricketer, was discovered hanging from a tree in a deep forest in Cuttack district on Friday (January 13), according to authorities. She was missing since January 11.

The police said that the deceased Rajashree also left a suicide note, in which she alleged mental harassment.

“A case of unnatural death has been registered in the matter. We found her body hanging from a tree in the Gurudijhatia forest in the Athagarh area. We will probe the death from all angles,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Pinak Mishra said.

Rajashree’s family, meanwhile, claimed that she was murdered. “She was murdered since the body exhibited injury marks and her eyes were damaged,” Rajashree’s relatives alleged.

Further accusing the Cricket Association of Odisha of being prejudiced, her family said that Swain was denied a spot in the team despite outperforming several others who were chosen.

As per reports, the Odisha state team was announced on Tuesday (January 10, 2023) and Rajashree Swain was not selected for the tournament’s 16-woman roster. As per her roommate, she was observed crying when the names of team members were announced on Wednesday evening, and she went away from the hotel where they had all stayed for the training session shortly after.

Rajashree had reportedly told her coach, Pushpanjali Banerjee, that she was going to meet her father at her home in Puri. On Thursday, January 12, when she did not return home and her phone was found switched off, Pushpanjali Banerjee filed a missing person’s report at the Mangalabag police station in Cuttack.

Following this, the police launched an inquiry into the matter. The last known location of Rajashree’s mobile was discovered in the forest during the initial investigation. The cops began searching in the forest based on this information. Meanwhile, the police retrieved Rajashree’s scooty and helmet abandoned near the forest, based on information provided by the locals. Following that, the police conducted searches throughout the forest. Finally, the cops found Rajashree’s body in the forest under the Gurudijhatiya police station area of Cuttack district.

Jayashree, Rajashree’s sister, blamed the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) administrators and coach for Rajashree’s untimely death. Jayshree stated that Rajashree had called her on January 10th and was sobbing because she had not been selected for the Odisha team. When Jayashree congratulated Rajashree on her incredible performance, the latter complained that the Cricket Association was biased against her.

Jayashree alleged that her sister was in acute distress and had told her though she had performed well, she could not make it to the final list due to alleged unfair means adopted in the selection procedure by the OCA.

Speaking to the media, Rajashree’s mother said, “She had come to Cuttack for a selection camp. She was living at Palace Hotel. After 10 days of selection camp, she was intentionally excluded from the final team although she was the best player. She was under stress and had called up her sister. She informed that she was not included in the team despite being an all-rounder.”

“My daughter has been missing since then. But, they (the camp organisers) did not inform us anything. When we contacted them they claimed that Rajashree has gone missing,” her mother added.

Meanwhile, Rajashree’s father Gunanidhi also raised questions about how his daughter could reach the dense forest area, which is a habitation for elephants, and nearly 30 km away from the hotel where she was staying along with her teammates. He alleged that his daughter was killed and then hung to give an impression of suicide. “The OCA authorities have killed my daughter and hung her body from the tree inside the forest to suppress their wrongdoings,” alleged Gunanidhi.

Subrat Behera, the CEO of the association, while expressing shock over the demise of the cricketer, refuted the family’s claims saying that the selection was done in a very transparent manner. “If there was prejudice, how did she find a place in the 25-member probable team, which attended the camp,” Behera added.

BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai, vocal about Islamic extremism, gets Z-category security cover after threat analysis report by IB

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BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai, vocal about Islamic extremism, gets Z-category security cover after threat analysis report by IB

Amidst threats from religious extremists and Maoists, the Ministry of Home Affairs has accorded ‘Z’ category security cover to the president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tamil Nadu unit, K Annamalai. Annamalai will now be provided security cover by about 30 to 33 commandos working in different shifts. 

This comes after Intelligence Bureau (IB) in a threat analysis report recommended enhancing Annamalai’s security cover after evaluating threats received by the Tamil Nadu BJP chief. Following this, the Union Home Ministry directed the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to provide ‘Z’ security for the leader. Annamalai will now be authorized to have a pilot and an escort vehicle in his convoy during his travels across the country. 

It is pertinent to note that the 38-year-old IPS turned politician has been vocal about rising Islamic extremism in Tamil Nadu, especially after the Coimbatore car bomb blast on October 23 last year. 

In recent months, particularly during violent protests against the NIA raids at the premises of the now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), the state has also seen a number of Molotov Cocktail attacks on the offices and homes of leaders of Hindu organizations. In September last year, petrol bombs were hurled at the houses and offices of several RSS members. K Annamalai had then written to Home Minister Amit Shah informing him about the targeted petrol bomb attacks on RSS leaders. 

Other than this, petrol bombs were thrown at “Kamalalayam,” the state BJP headquarters in Chennai’s T. Nagar, in February 2022.

Feast of the Ass: All you need to know about the Christian festival celebrated on 14th January, condemned later by the Church as ‘blasphemous’

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Feast of the Ass: All you need to know about the Christian festival celebrated on 14th January, condemned later by the Church as ‘blasphemous’

The Feast of the Ass (also called the Festum Asinorum in Latin) was an ancient Christian festival that was observed on January 14 each year until the 15th Century. It was celebrated primarily in France to pay tributes to the ‘donkey’ that carried Mother Mary from Israel to Egypt, following the birth of Jesus Christ. The Holy family, at that time, was trying to escape King Herod the Great’s killing of young children.

The Feast of the Ass (or Fête de l’âne in French) is believed to have been the adaptation of the Roman pagan festival of ‘Cervulus.’ While donkeys were first domesticated between 4600-4000 BC, it was not until 1000 CE that the festival was observed.

As part of the celebration, the most beautiful girl in the village would be paraded, with a child, on a donkey through the length and breadth of the village. The residents of the village would then sing about her carrying a baby or her pregnancy.

The journey would end at the village church, where a special ‘Mass of the ass’ was observed. The donkey would then be strapped to the altar and decorated with fine linen and jewellery. It would then be fed good food and water.

And the Mass would commence with an introit (saying) that went as –

“From the Eastern lands the Ass is come, beautiful and very brave, well fitted to bear burdens. Up! Sir Ass, and sing. Open your pretty mouth. Hay will be yours in plenty, and oats in abundance.”

As per an article by Ucatholic, the Catholic Christians in the Northern French city of Beauvais would ‘bray like a donkey’ instead of saying ‘Amen’. They would also chant ‘hee-haw’ thrice instead of the traditional chant of Deo gratias. Even the Priest at the Church would bray thrice on the occasion of the “Feast of the Ass.’

However, the celebration went out of practice after the Catholic Church condemned the ‘Feast of the Ass’ and ‘Feast of the Fools’ (observed on January 1) for being ‘improper, extravagant and blasphemous’ towards the end of the 15th century.

Back in the day, donkeys held both spiritual and symbolic importance. In Christianity (New Testament), they are viewed as the embodiment of human suffering and salvation. They are known for their defiance and advanced sense of self-preservation.

As such, it comes as no wonder why the donkey was the favourite mode of transport for the Messiah and his family.

Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary passes away after suffering a heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra, 5th death so far

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Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary passes away after suffering a heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra, 5th death so far

On Saturday, January 14, Congress MP from Jalandhar Chaudhary Santokh Singh died during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab’s Phillaur. Chaudhary was walking alongside Congress scion Rahul Gandhi, suddenly he felt uneasy as his heartbeat increased.

The Congress leader was brought to Phagwara’s Virk hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. After learning about Chaudhary’s death, Rahul Gandhi left the Bharat Jodo Yatra and went to the hospital.

It is notable that other than Santokh Chaudhary, four people have so far reportedly died during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Senior Congress leader and General Secretary of Congress Seva Dal, Krishna Kumar Pandey, died at the age of 75 during Bharat Jodo Yatra on November 8, 2022. Reportedly, Pandey was walking with Rahul Gandhi in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra, when he collapsed on the road. He was carrying the Tricolour earlier during the Yatra. At one point, he handed over the Tricolour to another person and collapsed after 15 minutes. Pandey was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead. 

On November 12, 2022, another person died during Yatra. Reportedly, a 62-year-old Congress worker from Tamil Nadu, identified as Ganesan Ponraman of Thanjavur, was hit by a truck in Nanded, Maharashtra. When the incident happened, he was walking back to Pimpalgaon Mahadeo village in Ardhapur tehsil for the night camp. He was hit by a truck.

On November 25, 2022, a Sub-Inspector (SI) identified as Bhupendra Singh Gurjar, who was rehearsing for Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ahar-Malwa, was hit by a car.

On December 3, 2022, Congress worker 55-year-old Mangilal Shah of Zirapur, district Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh, died of a heart attack. He was on his way to join Bharat Jodo Yatra. 

Even as Nirav Modi lost all pleas in UK, he is not India-bound: Why he may not be extradited to India soon

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Even as Nirav Modi lost all pleas in UK, he is not India-bound: Why he may not be extradited to India soon

Even as fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi lost all of his pleas against extradition to India, the accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam is unlikely to return to India, not so soon at least.

The diamantaire, who fled India in 2018 before details of his alleged involvement in large-scale fraud at PNB became public lost all of his appeals against extradition at the London court. On December 15, 2022, the UK Supreme Court denied Modi’s appeal against his extradition to India. “The appellant’s application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court is refused,” Lord Justice Stuart Smith had said in his statement.

In accordance with the UK extradition procedure, the UK home secretary then had 28 days from that date to remove Nirav. After 28 days, the fugitive is still not on a plane bound for India. However, he continues to be imprisoned in Britain and has not requested bail.

On Friday, a Crown Prosecution Service spokeswoman Karishma Vora spoke to Times of India and said that the UK’s extradition proceedings have concluded adding that “there is another legal matter barring his removal.”

Vora, a Barrister at 39 Essex chambers in London said, “I cannot think of any other reason, why he has not been removed yet. UK proceedings on Nirav Modi are at an end, still, his removal is statute-barred. I think there is another legal matter involved, which I don’t know about.”

She added that Nirav Modi may have applied for asylum and his application could be pending and moving through the appeals process, or it might already have reached its conclusion and a decision had been made. In case it has been determined against Nirav Modi, it won’t stop him from being extradited. However, if his “asylum claim is accepted, then cannot be extradited and will be granted rights to stay in the United Kingdom, Karishma Vora told TOI.

His asylum application could be pending and moving through the appeals process, or it might already have reached its conclusion and a decision had been made. If Nirav has been determined against, it won’t stop him from being extradited.

Vora opined that it is very unlikely that Nirav Modi will be granted asylum based on the publicly available information about him and the case. She added that if his asylum application was accepted he would’ve been released from prison prompting that if an asylum claim is barring his removal then it must be under process. 

Leicester violence: Accused Ibrahim confesses to threatening Hindus by screaming ‘I will kill you’, given conditional discharge

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Leicester violence: Accused Ibrahim confesses to threatening Hindus by screaming ‘I will kill you’, given conditional discharge

On Friday (January 13), a man by the name of Arslan Ibrahim confessed to issuing a death threat to the ‘rival group’ (Hindu community) in Leicester in September last year.

As per an exclusive report by the BBC, the accused yelled ‘I will kill you’ twice and provoked the Hindu community into a fight. The incident had taken place on Harrison Road in Belgrave.

Soon after, the 28-year-old man was detained. On Friday, Ibrahim’s counsel told the Nottingham Magistrates’ Court that he made the death threats in response to supposed ‘racist chanting’ on the street and apologised for his actions.

The accused was then handed out a conditional discharge and made to pay a paltry sum of £26 and £85 as victim surcharge and court costs respectively.

Five suspects identify themselves after police releases pictures of 10 accused

On January 10, the Leicester Police released photographs of ten suspects of anti-Hindu violence in the area and sought help from the public to identify them. As per the latest update, five out of ten suspects identified themselves, and the hunt for the remaining six is still on.

In a statement, Leicester Police said that the officers working on the investigation sought help in identifying the suspects. The detectives checked hours of CCTV and body cams to identify the miscreants involved in the violence.

While over 100 were arrested, many others remained unidentified and escaped incarceration. It is unclear how many more suspects are still unidentified, and the police may release more images in the coming weeks.

Since August last year, the anti-Hindu attacks in the United Kingdom, especially in Leicester and Birmingham, increased by several folds. What appeared to be a reaction to the defeat Pakistan faced in the T20 Asia Cup match against India, it was later found that Islamists were just using the match as an excuse to attack the Hindus as they did not stop even after Pakistan defeated India in the same series a week later.

Bihar-based terrorist of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen translated and circulated Jihadi literature among Muslims: NIA in chargesheet

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Bihar-based terrorist of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen translated and circulated Jihadi literature among Muslims: NIA in chargesheet

In a shocking revelation in a fresh chargesheet in the Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh case registered in April last year in Madhya Pradesh, the NIA said a Bihar-based operative of the banned outfit translated “Jihadi literature from Urdu/Arabic to Hindi” and uploaded it on social media groups for its circulation amongst impressionable Muslims.” 

Ali Asgar alias Abdullah Bihari alias Umair, a resident of East Champaran district in Bihar who has been named in the supplementary chargesheet, had been deeply influenced by the ideology of various proscribed terrorist organizations, such as JMB and Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent with an intention to further its activities in India, mentions the charge-sheet. Asgar entered into a criminal conspiracy with his associates to influence, radicalize and motivate Indian Muslims to prepare for violent jihad against the Indian State, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) informed the court through the chargesheet. 

“In pursuance of the said criminal conspiracy, accused Ali Asgar translated Jihadi literature from Urdu/Arabic to Hindi and uploaded it on social media groups for its circulation amongst impressionable Muslims,” the chargesheet mentioned. 

Investigations have further established that Ali Asgar was involved in causing disaffection against India through false and distorted preachings that democracy was anti-Islamic and Muslims were being persecuted in India because of democracy, said the chargesheet. 

The NIA filed the chargesheet before a special court in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh against Asgar in the JMB case pertaining to the arrest of 10 active cadres of the proscribed terrorist organization, including six illegal immigrants of Bangladesh, in March last year. 

Asgar was chargesheeted under section 120B of the Indian Penal Code and various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. 

The case was initially registered on March 14 last year by Bhopal Police and re-registered by the NIA on April 5 last year. 

NIA had earlier filed a chargesheet against six accused on September 7 last year. 

The case was filed based on reliable information received that four illegal immigrants namely Fazar Ali, Jahiruddin Ali, Jain-Ul-Abdin, and Mohammad Akhil Ahmed Shaikh, residing at the house of Nayab Jahan located near Fatima Bi Masjid, Aishabag Police Station area in Bhopal district in Madhya Pradesh, were propagating the ideology of JMB and were raising funds for the organization and motivating youth to perform Jihad against India.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

India’s first centre of excellence in online gaming to be set up in Shillong, announces union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

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India’s first centre of excellence in online gaming to be set up in Shillong, announces union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The country’s first centre of excellence in online gaming will be set up in Shillong by the union government, to promote startups and entrepreneurs from the northeast to develop the next-generation online gaming ecosystem. This was announced by Union Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday, 13th January 2023, in Shillong.

The minister said that the Digital India Startup Hub through Software Technology Parks of India will set up India’s first centre of excellence for online gaming in Shillong by March 2023. The Shillong Centre of Excellence is aimed to catalyze companies and entrepreneurs from India’s northeast to create the next-generation online gaming ecosystem.

While interacting with journalists at a press conference in Shillong, Rajeev Chandrashekhar said, “It is the vision of PM Narendra Modi that the next wave of startups and entrepreneurs must come from Shillong, Kohima, and other parts of North East India.”

It is worth noting that the Ministry of Electronics and IT has recently released Draft changes to the IT Rules 2021 with respect to Online Gaming for public comment. The Minister also emphasized the importance of digital skills after Covid, as the rate of digitalization of products, services, and gadgets continues to rise globally.

Rajeev Chandrashekhar said, “Imparting Digital Skills to the youth in North East Region to enable them to grab opportunities of jobs and entrepreneurship in the fast-expanding Digital economy is an article of faith for Shri Narendra Modi Government.”

He announced another initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and IT to set up a state-of-the-art facility under the National Institute of Electronics and IT (NIELIT) to provide training on cutting-edge Digital Skills at Shillong. A 10-acre campus shall soon be ready for this purpose which shall cater to the skilling requirement of youth in the North East Region.

The Minister also stated that the government is re-launching Skill India under PMKVY (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana) 4.0, which would train about 50,000 youth in Meghalaya in future-ready skills and provide them with industry-backed job opportunities.

Rajeev Chandrashekhar added, “PM Narendra Modi is building New India with re-imagined ambitions and aspirations for the young Indians. There are multiple opportunities available today and therefore skills become important to take advantage of these opportunities. Skills are the new Passport to Prosperity.”

In terms of other states in the North East Region, the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship has set a target of skilling roughly 60,000 youth in Tripura and 35,000 in Nagaland across a range of authorized courses under PMKVY4.0.

40-50% work on Ram Mandir construction complete, idol of Ram Lala to be installed on Makar Sankranti next year

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40-50% work on Ram Mandir construction complete, idol of Ram Lala to be installed on Makar Sankranti next year

As Ram temple in Ayodhya nears completion, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Friday said that the idol of Ram Lala would be installed on the Makar Sankranti next year.

“About 40-50 per cent of the construction work of the Ram temple here is complete and on the Makar Sankranti in 2024 the idol of Ram Lalla will be installed,” Trust’s General Secretary Champat Rai said here addressing the media persons.

He further said that the work on the ground floor which has 170 pillars will be completed by October this year.

“Walls across the garbh greha (sanctum sanctorum) have been prepared, they’re called mandovar,” he said.

Lord Ramlala’s idol will be established in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.

“The idol of the garbh greha is an idol of the child Rama, here the deity will be worshipped in his child form,” Rai told reporters.

In Ayodhya, Rama is worshipped as a son-in-law, somewhere as a king, somewhere as a nomad (vanvasi), here he will be worshipped in the child form, as Ram Lala.

He said according to plan, the work of Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the idol of Ramlala will be held between January 1 and January 14, 2024.

Rai also said that the idol of Lord Shri Ram will be 8.5 feet tall and it will take 5 to 6 months to build with stones of sky colour.

“The parikrama marg outside the garbh greha is also moving at the same pace, so there is a garbh greha, surrounded by walls, which in turn has a parikrama marg and all three are simultaneously moving up,” Rai further said.

Trust’s General Secretary also stated, “The white stone in the garbh greha is the class 1 best quality white marble. Its walls, pillars, and floor, everything will be made with marble and apart from the garbh greha, there will be five more mandaps, three ways- from pravesh dwar to garbh greha, and two in the north and the south which is being called as “kleertan mandap”

He further said that it is also being kept in mind that on the day of Ram Navami, the sun rays should fall on the forehead of lord Rama as ‘Surya tilak’ at 12 pm.

“This is being tried by the Roorke-based central building research institute (CBRI) and its first trial has also been successful. On the basis of this trial, the pedestal of the god’s idol will be decided.”

Notably, addressing a rally in Tripura’s Sabroom where the Assembly election is due in March, Union Minister Amit Shah had announced the inauguration day of the Ram temple. 

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

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