The construction work of the grand Ram temple, being built in Ayodhya, is going on, on a war footing as over 60 per cent of the temple construction work has been completed and the goal is to complete the work of the sanctum sanctorum of the temple by December 2023 and install the idol of Ram Lalla at the garbhagriha on Makar Sankranti in 2024..
Champat Rai, general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, said on Friday that the grand temple of Maryada Purushottam Lord Shri Ram would be ready before its fixed deadline.“The construction of the temple is going on at a fast pace. By October 2023, the construction work of the first floor of the temple will be completed and ‘pran pratishthan’ ceremony will be performed between January 1 and January 14,” Rai said and added that about 62 per cent of the construction work of the temple had been completed so far.
The work of the temple is to be done in three phases. The work of the first phase will be completed in December 2023. This also includes the construction of the sanctum sanctorum.