RAMLALLA GETS FIRST SET OF KHADI SILK GARMENTS
LUCKNOW : Ramlalla (Lord Ram as a child) at Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya got the first set of khadi silk garments on Basant Panchami on Tuesday.
Fashion designer Manish Tripathi, 34, has designed the garments in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh’s Khadi and Village Industries Board, an official said.
“Chief minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled ‘Project Ramlalla Garments’ at his official residence here on Monday. Ramlalla was given the first set of these clothes -- yellow in colour -- today (Tuesday) on the occasion of Basant Panchami,” said khadi department’s additional chief secretary Navneet Sehgal.
LUCKNOW: Ramlalla (Lord Ram as a child) at Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya got the first set of khadi silk garments on Basant Panchami on Tuesday.
Fashion designer Manish Tripathi, 34, has designed the garments in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh’s Khadi and Village Industries Board, an official said.
“Chief minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled ‘Project Ramlalla Garments’ at his official residence here on Monday. Ramlalla was given the first set of these clothes -- yellow in colour -today (Tuesday) on the occasion of Basant Panchami,” said khadi department’s additional chief secretary Navneet Sehgal.
He added the clothes, with colours signifying particular days of the week, have been handed over to the temple management in Ayodhya.
In a statement, the khadi board said women artisans had made the outfits from hand woven and handspun khadi.
Tripathi, who showed the garments to Yogi on Monday, reached Ayodhya on Tuesday and after morning aarti, the temple
priest put the yellow garment on Ramlalla’s idol.
Tripathi said during Lord Ram’s time, garments were made of hand woven fabrics. “Why should gods wear polyester? Khadi is the most ethical fabric and environmentally friendly.” Tripathi, who is from Lucknow and an alumnus of New Delhi’s National Institute of Fashion Technology, said he would like to see all temples shift to khadi garments for idols. :...(It) would further promote the
use of khadi.” Tripathi said each day of the week is associated with a particular colour derived from a planet or its dedication to a deity in the Hindu pantheon. “Embracing the colours of the week aligns and harnesses the subtle power of these influences on the mind, body and emotions,” he said.
He said red is the colour of Tuesday but because of Basant Panchami, yellow has been chosen for the day. “Otherwise, the normal scheme of colours that
Ramlalla would wear is white on Mondays, red on Tuesdays, green on Wednesdays, yellow on Thursdays, cream on Friday, blue on Saturdays and pink on Sundays,” he said.
Tripathi said that the priests and people at Ram Janmabhoomi praised the new garments. Khadi garments for the idol have come at a time when the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust is conducting a mass contact and contribution campaign for the construction of the grand temple in Ayodhya, which began on January 15 and will go on till February 27.