AYODHYA
TEMPLE - ART AND CULTURE
News:
Ram temple at Ayodhya: A
200-year journey, with many milestones
What's
in the news?
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
inaugurated a grand temple to Hindu god Ram in the flashpoint city of Ayodhya.
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He said it heralded "a new era" for India - the temple replaces a
16th-Century mosque torn down by Hindu mobs in 1992, sparking riots in which
nearly 2,000 people died.
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The Ram
Janmabhoomi movement for a grand temple at Ayodhya has a timeline running
over more than two centuries, with several milestones amid the spilling of
blood.
Ayodhya
Temple:
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The Ram Mandir is a Hindu temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
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It is located at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, the birthplace of Lord Rama.
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It was constructed in a Nagara style of architecture.
Main
Complex:
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No
iron or steel has been used in the construction of the
grand structure. Stones have been
sourced from Rajasthan's Bansi Paharpur area.
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The temple complex, built in the
traditional Nagara style, will be 380 feet long from the east to the west, 250
feet wide and 161 feet high.
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Each floor of the temple will be 20 feet
high and have a total 392 pillars and 44 gates.
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Around the grand temple is a rectangular periphery called the percota,
a feature found in temples in south India, but not generally in north India.
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The percota will be 14 feet wide and the
periphery span 732 metres. The temple will be nestled within the percota
periphery.
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Images
of Lord Hanuman, other deities, peacocks and flower
patterns have been carved onto the stones, lending the structure a divine look.
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More than 3,000 kg of flowers of over 20
varieties have been used to decorate the grand structure.
Main
Entrance:
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Ornate
statues of elephants, lions, Lord Hanuman and Garuda
were installed at the main entrance leading to the temple earlier this month.
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These statues have also been made using
sandstone brought from Bansi Paharpur.
Green
Complex:
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A major part of the temple compound will
be a green area with hundreds of trees.
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About 70 percent of the complex will be a
green area.
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The complex will have two sewage treatment
plants — a water treatment plant and a dedicated electricity line from the
power house.
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The fire brigade post will be able to
source water from an underground
reservoir.