Setting all speculations to rest, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust general secretary Champat Rai, on Monday, said that the present idol of Ram Lalla would also be installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the new temple along with the new idol.
Answering a query, Rai said that Ram Lalla’s present idol would also be dressed in new attires along with the new one and worshipped during the consecration ceremony.
He remarked: “The worship of the present idol of Lord Shri Ram has been going on for the last 70 years (since 1950) and it will be seated in the sanctum sanctorum of the original temple along with the new idol. The worshipping of the idol will continue even after January 22 in the same manner as it has been done so far.”
At present, in the temple where Shri Ram Lalla is worshipped, his idol is present with those of his three brothers.