New Delhi: Veteran BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who led the agitation for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, have been ‘requested’ to not attend the consecration ceremony of the temple subsequent month. “Both are elders of the family and considering their age and health, they were requested not to come, which was accepted by both,” Ram Temple Trust General Secretary Champat Rai advised reporters on Monday.
Rai stated preparations are in full swing for the consecration ceremony on January 22, which will probably be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The preparations can be accomplished by January 15 and the puja for ‘pran pratistha’ will begin from January 16 and can proceed until January 22, he added.
Giving an in depth checklist of the invitees, Rai stated Advani and Joshi might not attend the consecration ceremony on account of well being and age-related causes.
Advani is now 96 and Joshi will flip 90 subsequent month.
A 3-member staff has been shaped to go to former Prime Minister Deve Gowda and invite him to the ceremony, Rai stated.
“Shankaracharyas of six ‘darshanas’ (ancient schools) and around 150 saints and sages and will participate in the ceremony,” he added.
He stated that about 4,000 saints and a couple of,200 different friends have been invited for the ceremony.
Heads of main temples like Kashi Vishwanath, Vaishno Devi and representatives of non secular and constitutional establishments have additionally been invited, Rai added.
Spiritual chief Dalai Lama, Mata Amritanandamayi of Kerala, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, cine stars Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Arun Govil, movie director Madhur Bhandarkar and distinguished industrialists similar to Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, well-known painter Vasudev Kamat, ISRO Director Nilesh Desai and plenty of different eminent personalities have been invited to the perform, he stated.
After the consecration ceremony, ‘mandal puja’ will probably be held from January 24 for 48 days as per ritual traditions. The temple will probably be opened for devotees on January 23, he added.
Rai stated that correct preparations have been made for the friends to remain at greater than three locations in Ayodhya. Apart from this, 600 rooms have been made accessible by numerous monasteries, temples and family households.
Meanwhile, authorities of the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation stated they’ve begun making ready for the consecration ceremony.
Municipal Commissioner Vishal Singh stated that fibre bogs will probably be put in for devotees and altering rooms will probably be arrange for girls at designated locations.
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