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"Mere lalla ne mujhe aadesh diya, maine follow kiya (Lord Ram gave me the order, and I just followed it)," Yogiraj said adding that “I had to ensure that the idol adheres to the Shilpa Shashtra, representing a five-year-old form of Lord Ram, capturing the innocence of a child.”

“The stone is 2.5 billion years old. The rock is highly durable and resistant to climatic variation and will sustain thousands of years in this subtropical zone with minimum maintenance,” Dr Venkatesh said.

Janakpur Dham houses Nepal’s biggest temple, the Janaki temple, built for its Princess Sita who married Lord Ram at this very town.

The bhakti will continue; that isn’t going anywhere I feel. We are witnessing a miracle, a revival, a reawakening. We are witnessing a momentous history being made.

PM Modi has been visiting several revered temples in the Southern states including Maharashtra, Andra Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. Conspicuously, his spiritual tourism follows the sequence of events in the Ramayana

Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya launched a stinging criticism against the opposition parties and political leaders who have announced not to attend the major event. Slamming the opposition I.N.D.I. bloc, he recalled the old Hindi adage saying, "Vinaash Kaale Vipreet Buddhi".

PM Modi offered prayers at Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Srirangam. According to legends, the deity at Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple was worshipped by Lord Ram and his ancestors.

Further in the interview, CM Yogi stated that some people had tried to make Ayodhya a victim for their personal gains. But today Ayodhya is free from all this. Our Vedas honoured Ayodhya as the first of the Saptapuris. Ayodhya is now being equipped in the same form.

The main consecration ceremony is scheduled to take place on 22nd January. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present for those rituals.

Satyaprakash Singh considers Mulayam Singh Yadav guilty of the firing in his village and of the people killed in it.