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After the opening of the Ram Temple to public on 23 January 2024, Ayodhya has welcomed 2.4 million visitors in just 12 days. [173] Based on the current visitor numbers, the Ayodhya's Ram temple is projected to become one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in the world, surpassing Mecca and the Vatican. [174]
On 5 February 2020, the Government of India made an announcement for a trust named as Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra to reconstruct a Ram temple there. [24] It also allocated an alternative site in Dhannipur, Ayodhya to build a mosque to replace the Babri Masjid that was demolished in 1992.
In 2010, the Allahabad High Court ruled that the 2.77 acres (1.12 ha) of disputed land be divided into 3 parts, with 1 ⁄ 3 going to the Ram Lalla or Infant Lord Rama represented by the Hindu Mahasabha for the construction of the Ram temple, 1 ⁄ 3 going to the Muslim Sunni Waqf Board and the remaining 1 ⁄ 3 going to a Hindu religious ...
India's Hindus say the site is the birthplace of Lord Ram, and was holy to them long before Muslim Mughals razed a temple at the spot to build the Babri Masjid, or mosque, in 1528.
A local man looks on through barricade on street near Hanmuna Gadhi temple in Ayodhya on Nov. 9, 2019, ahead of a Supreme Court verdict on the future of the Ram Temple.
The ceremony involved the pran pratishtha of the primary temple deity, Ram Lalla (childhood form of Rama), also known as Balak Ram, and subsequent opening of the temple for visitors. [3] [4] The temple stands in the ancient city of Ayodhya, which has also been a disputed site of the 16th-century Babri mosque which was destroyed in 1992.
Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas (translation: Ram Birthplace Trust) is an organisation which was formed as a trust to promote and oversee the construction of a temple in Ayodhya, India at the Ram Janmabhoomi, the reputed site of the birth of the Hindu deity Rama. [1] The Nyas was formed by members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council). [1]
The Ram Mandir (lit. ' Rama Temple ') is a Hindu temple complex in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. [95] [96] Many Hindus believe that it is located at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, the mythical birthplace of Rama, a principal deity of Hinduism. [97] [98] [99] The temple was inaugurated [96] on 22 January 2024 after a prana pratishtha ...