Lucknow: India will witness a great moment of pride happiness and deep satisfaction with the construction of grand temple at Ayodhya which is going to be a historical step towards the restoration of the lost glory of Lord Ram Mandir at Ayodhya, a forerunner to establishing the Hindu Rashtra in the New India.
A campaign to collect funds for the construction of Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya will begin on Makar Sankranti (January 14). More than four lakh swayamsevaks (volunteers) will reach out to about 12 crore families for assistance in temple construction. These volunteers will make people aware of the historical significance of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple. People would be urged to cooperate themselves. Public relations campaign will continue till Magha Purnima. At the same time, the flag would be hoisted at the top of the temple within 36 months after the work starts.
This information was given by Champat Roy, Central Vice-President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust. He said that the temple of Lord Rama would be built with the full support of the people. Millions of people have given their lives for the temple, now billions of people will contribute. As part of the campaign, the volunteers will reach out to more than five million villages door-to-door and would have contact with about 600 million people.
Champat Roy said the flag would be hoisted at the top of the temple within 36 months once construction begins.
He further said, “The Ram temple in Ayodhya will be designed to endure large-magnitude earthquakes and will have a lifespan of at least 1,000 years. Pillars in the foundation will be strong and deep like those holding aloft mammoth bridges straddling mighty rivers, making the structure robust and quake-resistant. A maintenance wall will also be constructed to stop the flow of the river. The foundation will also be made from blocks of stones.”
Coupons and receipts for support
He said that coupons of ten, one hundred and one thousand rupees have been printed for donations. Receipts will also be printed. In order to maintain transparency in the financial dealings and transactions, the trust has printed 4 crore coupons of Rs 10 denomination, 8 crore coupons of Rs 100 and 12 lakhs coupons of Rs 1,000 denomination. Photographs of the proposed new model of the temple will also reach crores of households through this campaign.
Rai also said, for construction of the temple, no foreign funding can be collected as the trust doesn’t have enough necessary approvals while CSR funds can be considered for adjoining buildings of the temple.
He referred to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who handed over a check for Rs 11 lakh from his personal account. The Central government’s symbolic donation of Re 1 has been framed. Kunal Kishore of Patna Hanuman Temple has also pledged Rs 02 crore for the construction of the temple and Shiv Sena has donated Rs 01 crore.
“Every day, we are recording around 500-1,000 transactions. Even before the campaign has started, around Rs 80 crore has already been collected,” Rai said.
Four lakh cubic feet of stone will be used in the construction of the temple
The Ram temple will be 360 meters long and 234 meters wide. The temple will be built three stories high and each floor will have a height of 20 feet. The height from the ground floor to the plinth will be 16.5 feet. The ‘parkota’ (protection wall) will be built on five acres of land. The whole temple will be made of stone. The entire four lakh cubic feet of stone will be used in the construction of the temple. 75,000 cubic feet of rock have been laid by carabiners. Tata Consultancy is supporting L&T (Larsen & Toubro) in the construction of the temple. Both are world class institutions. In addition to VHP’s unpaid engineers, experts from IIT Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Guwahati are also employed. Former director of IIT Delhi VS Raju is leading the technical team of the foundation.
The river used to flow before the construction site of the temple
ISRO has sent a map of the temple construction site in which the flow of Sarayu river in the east has been described at the construction site. In 2000, the river changed its course four times.