WATCH: 108-Foot Incense Stick From Gujarat Lit Ahead Of Ram Mandir Ceremony

The 108-foot long incense stick brought from Gujarat was lit by Mahant Nrityagopal Das ji Maharaj on Tuesday a few days ahead of Ram Mandir inauguration.

Mahant Nritya Gopal Das lit the 108-ft long incense stick brought from Vadodara on Tuesday.

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A 108-foot incense stick that was brought all the way from Gujarat was lit in the presence of Mahant Nrityagopal Das ji Maharaj, the president of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra amid chants of 'Jai Jai Siya Ram' by the crowd on Tuesday morning. 

#WATCH | The 108-feet incense stick, that reached from Gujarat, was lit in the presence of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra President Mahant Nrityagopal Das ji Maharaj pic.twitter.com/ftQZBgjaXt

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The 108-foot long and three-and-a-half feet wide incense stick weighed 3,610 kilograms and was brought from Gujrat's Vadodra to Ayodhya to fill the Ram Mandir with divine fragrance. Its journey from Gujarat to Ayodhya became more like a procession as hundreds of people gathered along the sides of the road to see the huge incense stick that was being trasported.

A bhog of 1,000 kilograms of laddus was also sent from Shri Krishna's birthplace Mathura to Ayodhya on the morning of January 16. 

#WATCH | Mathura, Uttar Pradesh: Bhog of 1000 kilograms of laddus sent from Shri Krishna's birthplace to Ayodhya pic.twitter.com/21Ljkj3Rno

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Apart from these, fifty-six varities of Agra's famous prachin pethas also reached Ayodhya this morning as preparation for the ceremony is underway in full swing. 

#WATCH | Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh: Prachin Petha of 56 varieties reaches Ayodhya from Agra. pic.twitter.com/Xy5TW2YwZz

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The Garbhagriha door at the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir was installed today by Anuradha Timber International at the temple's premises in Ayodhya.

The preparations for the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony to be held on January 22 are in full swing. The grand inauguration is expected to be attended by 7,000 invitees including politicians, celebrities, saints, billionaires, journalists, and seers.  The long list consists of PM Modi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, UP governor Anandiben Patel, Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani, and Virat Kohli among many others. The pre-ceremony sacraments began on Tuesday as per the Hindu calendar and will continue until January 21.