New Delhi: Veteran BJP leaders L.Okay. 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. “Each are elders of the household and contemplating their age and well being, they have been requested to not come, which was accepted by each,” Ram Temple Belief Normal Secretary Champat Rai instructed reporters on Monday.
Rai mentioned preparations are in full swing for the consecration ceremony on January 22, which will probably be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The preparations could 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 record of the invitees, Rai mentioned Advani and Joshi might not attend the consecration ceremony because of well being and age-related causes.
Advani is now 96 and Joshi will flip 90 subsequent month.
A 3-member workforce has been fashioned to go to former Prime Minister Deve Gowda and invite him to the ceremony, Rai mentioned.
“Shankaracharyas of six ‘darshanas’ (historic colleges) and round 150 saints and sages and can take part within the ceremony,” he added.
He mentioned 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 spiritual and constitutional establishments have additionally been invited, Rai added.
Religious 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 outstanding industrialists corresponding to Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, well-known painter Vasudev Kamat, ISRO Director Nilesh Desai and lots of different eminent personalities have been invited to the perform, he mentioned.
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 mentioned that correct preparations have been made for the friends to remain at greater than three locations in Ayodhya. Aside from this, 600 rooms have been made out there by varied monasteries, temples and family households.
In the meantime, authorities of the Ayodhya Municipal Company mentioned they’ve begun making ready for the consecration ceremony.
Municipal Commissioner Vishal Singh mentioned 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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