Punjab Government is expecting lakhs of people across the globe to throng Rs 115 crore state-of-the-art memorial at Sri Ram Tirath Temple — the birth place of lord Rama’s sons, luv and Kush — at Amritsar on the Parkash Utsav of Bhagwan Valmiki on Friday.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal would lay the foundation stone of the project, said the State Revenue and Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Thursday. He added that besides heads of prominent religious sects and eminent spiritual leaders of the country, people from all walks of lives, irrespective of their cast and creed would participate in this function. Throwing light on the concept and design of the world class memorial, Majithia said that the temple has been conceived as a central hall fanged by four portico's in all directions and approached by elegant causeway attached with entrance portals at both ends.
“The design of this temple is based on the concept of 84,00,000 births one has to go through before he attains the human life,” he added. Majithia said that the temple would stand in holy sarowar, which would be further connected to parikarma with a wide bridge. In the interior, there are two helical staircase leading to cantilevered gallery to showcase Valmiki’s thoughts in inscription and pictorial form.
Apart from temple, a pocket of 11 acres is being developed as exhibition and congregation complex with a sangat hall with the capacity of 5000 persons, a museum and panorama to highlight Valmiki’s life and history, as well as major events of Ramayana. Majithia said that Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath (Ram Tirath) complex has been designed by a team consisting of Prof SS Behl, Dr Karamjit Singh Chahal and Rawal Singh Aulakh of department of Architecture, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.