Most awaited Pran pratishtha at Ayodhya Ram Mandir draws near: What is this ceremony, how it is performed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandi Ben Patel, and Ram Janmabhoomi Trust chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das will be present at Garbh Griha (sanctum sanctorum) of newly build Ram Mandir in Ayodhya during Prana Prathishtha on January 22 along with Mandir Trustees. Detailing the final programme, addressing media on Monday Champat Rai, General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust said over 150 saints, experts from different fields, and Padma awardees have also been invited to the program. Champat Rai said that the series of rituals will start on January 16 with Prayaschita and Karmakuti Poojan.
Following all the Shastriya protocols, the programme of Prana Pratistha will be held in the Abhijeet Muhurta in the afternoon. The formal procedures of pre-Prana Pratistha sacraments will start tomorrow, i.e., 16th January, and continue till 21st January 2024. The Dwadash Adhivas protocols will be as follows – Scriptural Protocols and Pre-Ceremony Rituals:
- 16th January: Prayaschita and Karmakuti Poojan.
- 17th January: Parisar Pravesh of the Murti.
- 18th January (Evening): Teerth Poojan, Jal Yatra, and Gandhadhivas.
- 19th January (Morning): Aushadhadhivas, Kesaradhivas, Ghritadhivas.
- 19th January (Evening): Dhanyadhivas.
- 20th January (Morning): Sharkaradhivas, Phaladhivas.
- 20th January (Evening): Pushpadhivas.
- 21st January (Morning): Madhyadhivas.
- 21st January (Evening): Shaiyadhivas.
Said the Trust in a detailed press release.
Champat Rai’s 35-minute-long detailed press conference can be seen here:
The auspicious Prana Pratishtha yoga of the Deity of Bhagwan Shri Ram Lalla arrives on the approaching Paush Shukla Kurma Dwadashi, Vikram Samvat 2080, i.e., Monday, the 22nd of January 2024. “Adhivas Protocols and Acharyas: Generally, there are Seven Adhivasas in the Prana Pratistha ceremony, and a minimum of three Adhivasas are in practice. There will be 121 Acharyas conducting the rituals. Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid Ji will be overseeing, coordinating, anchoring, and directing all the proceedings of the Anushthan, and the principal Acharya will be Shri Luckshmikant Dixit of Kashi.
“Diverse Representation: Acharyas of all schools of Bharatiya spiritualism, religion, sect, system of worship, tradition, Sants of more than 150 traditions, Mahamandaleshwars, Mandaleshwars, Shrimahants, Mahants, Nagas, as well as leading figures of more than 50 Adivasi, Girivasi, Tatavasi, Dwipavasi tribal traditions, will remain present to witness the Prana Pratistha ceremony on the premises of the Bhavya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir.
“After the completion of the Prana Pratishtha programme in the Garbha-Griha, all the witnesses will have darshan respectively. The enthusiasm for the Prana Pratishtha of Shri Ram Lalla is being felt everywhere. It has been resolved to celebrate it with great enthusiasm all over Bharat, including Ayodhya. During the run-up to the ceremony, people from different states are continuously coming with water, soil, gold, silver, gems, clothes, jewellery, huge bells, drums, aroma/ fragrance items, etc. The most notable among them were the Bhaars (gifts sent at the time of setting up a daughter’s house) sent from Maa Janaki’s maternal homes at Janakpur (Nepal) and Sitamarhi (Bihar), which a large number of people carried to Ayodhya, and also gifts of different types of jewellery, etc., were offered by the Nanihal at Raipur, Dandakaranya area, said the Ram Mandir Trust.
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