Silhouetted Image Of Ram Temple, Journey Of Ram Janmabhoomi- All That Ram Mandir Consecration Invitation Contains
The invitation cards for the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple (Ram mandir) in Ayodhya is also equally grand and has been designed keeping the long history of Ram Temple in mind.
The much-awaited consecration ceremony of Ayodhya Ram Mandir is scheduled for January 22 and it is going to be a grand affair. Over 7,000 people are on the invitee list of the temple trust - Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra - and they include cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, and billionaire industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, South Superstar Rajinikanth and many others. The invitation cards for the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple are also equally grand and has been aesthetically designed keeping the long history of Ram Temple in mind.
The Invitation Card:
Each invitation carries the main invitation card, the 'Pran Pratishtha' programme card and also includes a booklet carrying brief profiles of some of the key people who were involved in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.
The booklet also has artistic portraits of the personalities being described about, which include seer Devraha Baba Ji Maharaj, Mahant Abhiram Das, Paramhans Ramchandradas, K K Nayar, the then district magistrate of Faizabad in 1949-50, Thakur Gurudutt Singh: Rajendra Singh 'Rajju Bhaiya', and Ashok Singhal who later also served as the president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
Talking about the cover of the main invitation card, an image of the upcoming Ram temple is present on it with 'Shree Ram Dham', 'Ayodhya' and 'Apoorva Anadik Nimantran' written. Inside the card, there are images of the temple and of Baalrup Prabhu Ram, adorned with a bow and arrows, standing on a lotus.
Coming to the cover of the 'Pran Pratishtha' programme card, it carries a silhouetted image of the temple and a caption below it describes the event as Karyakram Vishesh (special ceremony). The timing of the 'Pran Pratishtha' puja is also mentioned stating that it will begin at 11:30 AM on January 22 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the eminent guests from 12:30 PM. According to the invite, the saints will begin the 'darshan' of the Ramlala idol after the guests depart.
Inside, the ceremony card mentions that the consecration will take place in the presence of "Prime Minister, Bharat", Narendra Modi, RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and president of the temple trust Mahant Nritya Gopal Das.
In addition, a top official in the temple trust told news agency PTI that the "invitation cards have been printed in both Hindi and English".
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Shri Ram Mandir, Ayodhya. pic.twitter.com/H84OGlQJQQ
The Ram temple complex, built in the traditional Nagara style, will be 380 feet in length (east-west direction), 250 feet in width and 161 feet in height, Rai had said earlier. Each floor of the temple will be 20 feet high and have a total of 392 pillars and 44 gates.