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Murli Manohar Joshi and Lal Krishna Advani.
Murli Manohar Joshi and Lal Krishna Advani.
Ram Mandir: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who were at the forefront of the movement for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, have decided not to attend the consecration ceremony of the temple to be held next month due to health and age reasons. The temple trust gave this information on Monday. Champat Rai, general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, the organization that is building the Ram temple in Ayodhya, said that former Deputy Prime Minister Advani and former Human Resource Development Minister Joshi will not be able to attend the ceremony due to health reasons.
Champat Rai gave information
Champat Rai said that all the preparations for the consecration ceremony will be completed by January 15. The puja for Pran Pratistha will begin from January 16 and will continue till January 22, which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Giving information about the people invited to the program, he said that both (Advani and Joshi) are elders in the family and considering their age, they have been requested not to come, which both have accepted. Advani is now 96 years old, Joshi will turn 90 next month.
invited these people
Champat Rai said that 150 sages and saints from different traditions and 13 Akharas including Shankaracharya from six darshan traditions will participate in this program. About four thousand saints have been invited to the program. Apart from this, invitations have also been sent to 2200 other guests. Rai said that heads of major temples like Kashi Vishwanath, Vaishnodevi, representatives of religious and constitutional institutions have also been invited. He told that spiritual guru Dalai Lama, Mata Amritanandamayi of Kerala, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, actors Rajnikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Arun Govil, film director Madhur Bhandarkar and leading industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, famous painter Vasudev Kamat, ISRO’s Many other well-known personalities including Nilesh Desai will also be present in the director’s investiture ceremony.
After the consecration ceremony, Mandal Puja will be held for 48 days from January 24 as per the tradition of North India. At the same time, from January 23, common people will be able to have darshan of Ramlala. Rai said that proper arrangements have been made for the guests to stay at more than three places in Ayodhya. Apart from this, 600 rooms have been made available by various monasteries, temples and household families and Bhandara will also start at three major places from December 25, he said. Meanwhile, Ayodhya Municipal Corporation has started preparations for the consecration ceremony.
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