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Ram Mandir
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temple of the Hindu deity Rama in Ayodhya, India
Key facts
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
- District
- Ayodhya district
- Deity
- Balak Ram (idol) (infant form of Rama )
- Governing body
- Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra
- Status
- Under construction (consecrated 22 January 2024 ; 2 years ago ( 2024-01-22 ) )
- Location
- Ayodhya
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Architect
- Sompura family
- Style
- Maru-Gurjara architecture
- Groundbreaking
- 5 August 2020 ; 5 years ago ( 2020-08-05 )
- Length
- 110 metres (360 ft)
- Width
- 72 metres (235 ft)
- Height max
- 49 metres (161 ft)
- Site area
- 1.1 hectares (2.7 acres)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Hindu temple
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Ayodhya
- Location
- Ram Janmabhoomi
- Dedicated to
- Rama
- Official website
- srjbtkshetra.org
- Image
- Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Shree Ram Janmaboomi Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on January 22, 2024.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ram Mandir, Ayodhya
- date of official opening
- 2024-01-22
- maintained by
- Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra
- structure replaces
- Babri Masjid
- inception
- 2020-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ram Mandir ( ISO: Rāma Maṁdira, lit. 'Rama Temple'), is a Hindu temple complex in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. Many Hindus believe that it is located at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, the mythical birthplace of Rama, a principal deity of Hinduism.
The temple was inaugurated on 22 January 2024 after a religious ceremony in which the Hindu priests performed rituals for prāṇa pratiṣṭhā (transl. consecration) of the deity , while the Indian Prime Minister Modi served as the Mukhya Yajamāna (transl. chief patron) for the event. On the first day of its opening, following the consecration, the temple received a rush of over half a million visitors, and after a month, the number of daily visitors was reported to be between 100,000 and 150,000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ram Mandir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.