Celebrating his 53rd birthday on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performed the ‘aarti’ of Ram Lalla on the ground floor of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. After performing the rituals in the sanctum sanctorum, he reached the first floor of the temple and presided over the grand Shri Ram Darbar Pran Pratishtha ceremony.
The rituals, which began at 11 am and continued for about 45 minutes, featured traditional Vedic chants and ceremonies, marking the final day of the three-day Pran Pratishtha celebrations which began on June 3.
Anil Mishra, member of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust and host of the ceremony, was also present along with his wife Usha Mishra. Trust member Govind Dev Giri felicitated Yogi Adityanath. After the rituals, the CM greeted the invitees and left the first floor, along with some trust members and guests.
Earlier, Yogi Adityanath also offered prayers at the Hanuman Garhi Mandir in Ayodhya. Expressing his gratitude, the CM took to X and wrote about being part of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. “Today, in the holy birthplace of Lord Shri Ram, Ayodhya Dham, I am getting the great fortune of becoming a witness to the program organised for the Pran Pratishtha of the holy idols of gods in eight temples, including Shri Ram Darbar on the first floor of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple,” he said in the post. He also said this occasion is a new expression of 'Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ and a victory for Lord Ram.
Sharing the events of Pran Pratishtha, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust wrote on X that the first day of the ceremony involved rituals initiated in the Yagyashala. These rituals continued on the second day as well, in which various anushthan and the utsav vigrahas were taken on a Parikrama of the mandir premises. Rituals will next be performed in the other temples in the Ram Temple complex.
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