The much anticipated opening of Ram Temple being constructed in Ayodhya will take place from December 2023. According to an ANI report, devotees will be allowed to visit the holy temple by the end of next year. All five mandaps and the first floor will be ready by December 2023 and the temple will be opened for devotees, the report added.
“Completion of entire Ram Temple complex in Ayodhya is expected by the year 2025. A museum, digital archives and a research centre will also come up in the temple complex,” ANI reported quoting sources.
The construction of the temple has been taking place in Ayodhya since last year under the government of Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh. The foundation stone of the temple was put in place by Prime Minister Narendera Modi himself on August 5 last year with much fanfare. The entire complex will be spread over more than 100 acres of land and will also have museum, digital archive and research centre constructed.
The cost of the construction of the grand Ram temple is estimated at Rs 1,000 crore, while 3000 crore has already been received in donations for temple construction. The amount does not include donations from NRIs living in foreign countries as FCRA account is not there still to receive NRI funds.
Here’s some more details of the temple
- The length of the temple is 360 feet, width 235 feet and height of each floor will be 20 feet.
- There will be 160 columns on the ground floor, 132 columns on the first floor and 74 columns on the second floor.
- The height of the sanctum sanctorum or “Shikhar” will be 161 feet from the ground floor.
- The temple will be constructed with Rajasthan stone and marble.
- Around four lakh cubic feet stone will be used in the temple construction.
- The plan focuses on the conservation and development of heritage structures like “Kuber Tila” and “Sita Koop”.
- The temple complex will include a pilgrim facilitation centre, museum, archives, research centre, auditorium, a cattle shed, a place for rituals, an administrative building and rooms for priests.
- The soil investigation report had revealed filled up debris upto depth of 12 metre and excavation work is on to clear it and fill it with concrete.
