First Ram Mandir opens in Mexico, ‘Pran Pratishtha’ performed by American priest

The ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony was attended by people from the Indian as well as the Mexican community

January 22, 2024

Mexico gets its first Ram Mandir as India gives rousing reception to Bhagwan Ram on his homecoming

The city of Queretaro in Mexico got its first temple dedicated to Shri Ram with its ‘Pran Pratishtha‘ ceremony being performed by an American priest.

The idols were procured from India and the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony was attended by people from the Indian as well as the Mexican community, the Indian embassy said in a post shared on X.

“On the eve of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony at Ayodhya, the city of Queretaro in Mexico gets the first Lord Ram temple,” the embassy said, adding that the city also hosts the first Lord Hanuman temple.

“The atmosphere was filled with divine energy as the hymns & songs sung by the Indian diaspora reverberated throughout the hall”.

According to Indian embassy data, the Indian community in Mexico is small, numbering about 8000 with about one-third of them in Mexico City, and the rest spread in Guadalajara, Monterrey, Cuernavaca, Queretaro, Cancun, etc.

While IT professionals form the bulk, others comprise executives of Indian and international companies, academicians, and businesspersons mostly in the pharmaceuticals, textile, and garment business.

In 2016, the ‘Indian Association of Mexico (IAM)’ was registered locally, which commands good membership and support of the community, according to the Indian Embassy.

India marked the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Monday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries, including politicians, celebrities, industrialists, saints and around 100 representatives from different countries.

Prime Minister Modi, who broke his 11-day fast after concluding the rituals, said addressing a gathering of thousands of people in Ayodhya that after years of struggle, “Ram Lalla (child Lord Ram) is here”.

Ahead of today’s ceremony, the idol of Ram Lalla underwent ritualistic bathing using 114 pitchers filled with “aushadhiyukt” — water infused with medicinal properties — along with sacred water from different pilgrimage sites, according to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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