The historic moment that has been awaited for 500 years will finally turn into a reality on January 22 with the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
To make this occasion grand and historic, 2,500 folk artistes will perform on 100 stages prepared by the Culture department. Through various forms of dance, music and singing, they will showcase the splendour of Treta Yuga in Ayodhya. A rehearsal of this event was conducted on January 21.
The performances will introduce guests to the cultures of Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, along with the host state Uttar Pradesh. Artistes like Malini Awasthi and Kanhaiya Mittal will grace the colourful evening. There will also be eco-friendly fireworks and laser show at Ram Ki Paidi.
Following the consecration ceremony, various events will be organised in Ayodhya. This includes Ramlila by Shri Ram Bharti Kala Kendra at Ramkatha Park from 6 pm onwards. Following this, under the guidance of the Tourism department, from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm, Sarayu aarti will take place at Ram Ki Paidi. A projection show is scheduled on the same platform. From 7:00 to 7:45 in the evening, there will be a laser show at Ram Ki Paidi. After this, an eco-friendly fireworks display will be presented. In the evening, the atmosphere will turn melodious with Padma Shri Malini Awasthi and Kanhaiya Mittal performing. From 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Malini Awasthi will be presenting her programme at Tulsi Udyan. During the same period, Kanhaiya Mittal will present Ram Katha at Ramkatha Park.
Sharma Brothers from Ujjain will immerse the Sarayu in the tunes of devotional songs at Tulsi Udyan, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. During this time, there will also be a presentation by the Watekar Sisters of Ram Katha Park, Nagpur. Like every day, Devkinandan Thakur's Shri Ram Katha will be played at the Bhajan Sandhya venue from 10:30 am.
Besides, while Mohit Chaurasia, Rajesh Upadhyay, Deepak Sharma of Varanasi will welcome their MP with the glory of Kashi in Ramnagari by playing Damru, Rajiv Lochan Mishra of Ayodhya will introduce the tradition of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ to the guest by blowing conch.
Sultu Ram of Ghazipur, Sanjay Kumar, Sunil Kumar of Azamgarh, Munna Lal will perform Dhobia folk dance. Gorakhpur’s Chhedi Yadav, Ramgyan, Vindhyachal Azad will perform Faruahi dance, while Gorakhpur’s Sugam Singh Shekhawat and Rakesh Kumar along with the team will present Vantangiya tribal folk dance.
Juhi Kumari Awadhi of Lucknow and Mansi Visht will welcome the guests with the dance of Uttaranchal. Khajan Singh and Mahipal Bam Rasiya of Mathura and Rajesh Sharma-Manika, Madhav Acharya, Geetkrishna Sharma will make Awadh fragrant with the fragrance of Braj through peacock folk dance.
The team of Pradeep Singh Bhadauria of Jhansi will present Rai folk dance. Katwaru model of Sonbhadra will be played and Mahendra Karma will present tribal dance.