Culture and History

This year, 14 different stages have been built all over the city where Kansa Maharaj will showcase his performance and hold his darbars. On the concluding day, Kansa dies at the hands of his nephew Krishna. The festival will conclude on January 25 this year.

"This is the moment for which Hindus have struggled for the last 500 years. Everybody is happy and satisfied as the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha is taking place in Ayodhya on 22nd January. We all have to unitedly participate in the event and seek blessings of Lord Ram," Mahaswamji said.

Rejecting the claims, he explained by giving the example of Pran Pratishtha at the Somnath Mandir adding that when the consecration ceremony was performed, the temple was not complete and it was under construction.

Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra has asked Lord Ram devotees to decorate temples in their vicinity on January 22, the day of pran-pratishtha of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya.

Taking to X, the Trust stated, “The Murti sculpted on Krishna Shila, by renowned sculptor Shri Arun Yogiraj, has been selected as Shri Vigraha of Bhagwan Shri Ramlalla Sarkar.”

According to Ramnath, there was such fear of the police at that time that the other young members of his Yadav-dominated village also left their homes and hid somewhere.

As per schedule, the puja rituals will finally culminate on 17th January when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will walk through the Jagannath Puri temple corridor in the afternoon and officially declare it open for devotees.

Ayodhya is known for its multi-faith culturalism, reflected in the existence of mosques, Hindu temples, Jain pilgrim centres—all interspresed in the holy land, known for being the birthplace of Lord Ram.

Locals, including the family members of martyr karsevaks say that Balrampur's former MP Munnan Khan was activey involved in targeting and killing the devotees.

Mahavir Prasad Agrawal's wife had to search fanatically for her missing husband on that fateful day. She finally found his body in a police vehicle full of corpses of karsevaks.