Ram Mandir facts for kids
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Ram Janambhoomi Mandir
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 26°47′44″N 82°11′39″E / 26.7956°N 82.1943°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Location | Ram Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya |
| Architect | Sompura family |
| History and governance | |
| Creator | Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra |
| Temple board | Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra |
Ram Mandir or Ram Temple is a Hindu temple in Ayodhya, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. The temple is built on the site of the historic Babri Mosque, that was attacked and demolished in 1992 by a group of Hindu extremists. According to Hindus, the site is the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama.
The city (where the temple is), is considered holy by many people.
Architecture
The original design for Ram Mandir was devised in 1988 by the Sompura family of Ahmedabad. The Sompuras have contributed to the design of over 100 temples worldwide for at least 15 generations, including the Somnath temple. The chief architect of the temple was Chandrakant Sompura, assisted by his two sons, Nikhil Sompura and Ashish Sompura, who are also architects.
A new design, with some changes from the original, was prepared by the Sompuras in 2020, per the Hindu texts, the Vastu shastra and the Shilpa shastras. The temple will be 76 metres (250 ft) wide, 120 metres (380 ft) long and 49 metres (161 ft) high. Upon completion, the temple complex became the world's third largest Hindu temple. It is designed in the Māru-Gurjara architecture of Nagara style, a type of Hindu temple architecture found primarily in northern India. A model of the proposed temple was showcased during the Prayag Kumbh Mela in 2019.
The temple's main structure has been built on a raised platform with three storeys. It has five mandapas in the middle of the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) and on the entrance passage. Three mandapas on one side are of Kudu, Nritya and Rang, and the two mandapas on the other side are of Kirtan and Prarthana. In Nagara style, the mandapas are decorated with shikharas.
The temple has a total of 366 columns. The columns have 16 idols each to include the incarnations of Shiva, the 10 Dashavataras, the Chausath Yoginis, and the 12 incarnations of the goddess Saraswati. The width of the stairs are 4.9 metres (16 ft). Per scriptures dedicated to the design of temples dedicated to Vishnu, the sanctum sanctorum is octagonal in shape. The temple covers an area of 4.0 hectares (10 acres), while the remaining 23 hectares (57 acres) of land has been developed into a complex with a prayer hall, a lecture hall, an educational facility and other facilities including a museum and a cafeteria. According to the temple committee, the site has a capability to handle 70,000 visitors. Larsen & Toubro offered to oversee the design and construction of the temple free of cost, and became the contractor of the project. The Central Building Research Institute, National Geophysical Research Institute and the Bombay, Guwahati and Madras IITs have assisted in areas such as soil testing, concrete supply and design.
The construction work has been accomplished with 600,000 cu ft (17,000 m3) of sandstone from Baansi in Rajasthan. No iron and steel has been used in the construction of the temple, and the fusing of the stone blocks has required ten thousand copper plates. In a culturally significant move, Thailand also symbolically contributed to the inauguration of the Ram Mandir, by sending soil to the Ram Janmabhoomi, building on their prior gesture of sending water from two rivers in Thailand to honour the temple.
Deity
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Ram Lalla Virajman, the infant form of Rama, an avatar of Vishnu, is the presiding deity of the temple. Ram Lalla's dress was stitched by tailors Bhagwat Prasad and Shankar Lal, a fourth generation tailor to Rama's idol.
Arun Yogiraj, from Mysore, Karnataka, created the idol statue of Rama.
Opening (2024)
The Prime minister of India, Narendra Modi held a ceremony in regard to the opening of the temple on 22 January 2024. Some people boycotted the ceremony, because the temple was not completed before the opening. That goes against beliefs of Hindu religion.
Related pages
- Ram Mandir (disambiguation)
Images for kids
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Uttar Pradesh tableau on Rajpath in 2021.
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Proposed Ram Temple model during Diwali 2020 at a mall in New Delhi.
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Narendra Modi performing Bhoomi Pujan. Also visible are Mohan Bhagwat and Anandiben Patel.
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PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries unveiling the plaque to lay the foundation stone of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir
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PM Modi at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Ram Temple with proposed architecture design in background.
