A gold-bejeweled crown with precious stones adorning the idol of Ram Lalla in the new temple in Ayodhya and two silver replicas of the temple were priceless gifts from Surat in Gujarat that shone at the consecration ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. , so say people familiar with the information. Said the thing.

The silver replicas of the majestic shrine, weighing 3 kg, which Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gifted to Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat after the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ (consecration) ceremony in Ayodhya, were made by a Had gone. Jewelers of Surat.

The new Ram Lalla idol was consecrated in the Ayodhya temple in an event led by PM Modi and watched by millions of people on television in their homes and in temples across the country. Modi participated in the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ritual in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Adityanath and Bhagwat. Surat-based industrialist Mukesh Patel, who heads Greenlab Diamonds, gifted a gold crown worth Rs 11 crore for the idol of Lord Ram. It is studded with precious stones and weighs 6 kilograms.

The replicas of the silver shrine weighing 3 kg were made by Surat’s D Khushaldas Jewelers about four months ago. When the date of consecration of the idol in the Lord Ram temple was announced, its owner Deepak Choksi said, “Surat Gold , famous for silver and diamonds. And two silver temple replicas crafted by D Khushalbhai Jewelers were gifted to PM Modi and Bhagwatji. Four months ago, we met (UP CM) Yogi ji with the temple model and he suggested that we install Ram Lalla in the temple model and make some other changes,” Chokshi said.

He said that it took the artisans three and a half months to prepare both the models and the miniature temples have been made with handicrafts. The golden crown for Ram Lala is made from gold and precious stones, and has been gifted to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. The Ayodhya Temple Trust – was created by Surat-based Greenlab Diamonds, said Dinesh Navadiya, national treasurer of Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

Navadiya said that two employees of the Surat-based company were sent by a plane to Ayodhya on January 5 to take measurements of the head of Ram Lalla idol and prepare the crown accordingly. The gold crown contains four and a half kilograms of yellow colored metal. The makers said it is studded with small and large sized diamonds, rubies, pearls and sapphires and other precious stones.

Navadiya said industrialist Patel gifted a crown worth Rs 11 crore to members of the temple trust to adorn the Ram Lalla idol, which was consecrated amid rituals at an elaborate ceremony in the Uttar Pradesh city.

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