Committee finalises the design of Ram Temple sanctum sanctorum
LUCKNOW: A team of experts has finalised the design of the under-construction sanctum sanctorum of Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, which is likely to be opened for public in December 2023, people familiar with the matter said.
“The sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Mandir is being designed in such a way that sunrays fall on Ram Lalla on every Ram Navami at noon,” said Champat Rai, general secretary of the temple trust.
The Ram Temple Construction Committee is being headed by former bureaucrat Nripendra Misra and includes professor Pradeep Kumar, director of CBRI- Roorkee and its former director professor Gopal Krishnan, besides other experts. Ashish Sompura, the architect of the temple, is also a part of this team.
According to the people cited above, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had suggested to the temple trust that the sanctum sanctorum be constructed on the lines of Odisha’s Konark Sun temple, so that sunlight falls directly on the deity.
The sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple is part of the superstructure which is under construction at present, Rai said.
“This superstructure of Ram temple is being constructed using carved sandstones from Rajasthan’s Bansi Paharpur district,” he added.
“Around 4.75 lakh cubic feet of Bansi Paharpur stones will be used for the temple’s superstructure. At present, approximately 50 per cent of stones have been carved and are available for use,” Rai said.