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The consecration ceremony will be held in the sanctum sanctorum (sanctum) of the temple, where the idol depicting the 5-year-old child form of Lord Ram will be placed. (file photo)
As the country gears up to welcome Lord Ram to the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, the rituals of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony began on Tuesday with ‘Prayashchit’ and ‘Karmakuti Pujan’.
Prakash Gupta, office in-charge of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, said that the consecration of Lord Ram is going to happen on January 22 between 12:15 pm to 12:45 pm.
The ceremony will be held in the sanctum sanctorum (sanctum) of the temple, where an idol depicting the 5-year-old child form of Lord Ram will be placed.
During the consecration ceremony of Lord Rama, only five people will be present inside the sanctum sanctorum (sanctum sanctorum) of the temple. These five people are:
‘Pran Pratistha’ is a popular ritual in Jainism and Hinduism, where the idol of a deity is consecrated and installed in a holy place such as a temple. At the time of installation of the idols, the priests perform several rituals amid the chanting of Vedic mantras.
The word Prana means life force and Pratishtha means establishment. Prana Pratishtha or Abhishekam ceremony means invoking the life force in the idol.
As per the list of rituals before the consecration ceremony, the premises entry of the idol was held on Wednesday. After this, there will be Tirtha Puja, Jal Yatra and many other rituals till Gandhadhivas and ‘Pran Pratishtha’ day on 18th January.
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The ‘Pran Pratistha’ ceremony usually consists of seven adhivas, and a minimum of three adhivas is in practice. Around 121 Acharyas will conduct the rituals and Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid Ji will supervise, coordinate, conduct and direct all the proceedings of the rituals. The head Acharya will be Shri Laxmikant Dixit of Kashi.
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