The Ram temple being constructed at Ayodhya is expected to open for devotees by December 2023. All five mandaps on the ground will be ready, including the garbhagriha, and will be opened for all the devotees, according to ANI.
The final cost for the construction of the temple is about Rs 900-1,000 crore. It is expected to open for the public a few months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The foundation stone of the temple was laid by Prime minister Narendra Modi on August 5, 2020. According to sources, since then it has been spent in sorting out key issues of foundation materials and readying the site for construction.
“It may seem that an year has gone by and there is no construction over ground. But it was found that the debris below the site was as deep as 12 metres,” sources said to Times of India.
Bricks and steel will not be used in the overall structure, but the Ram temple trust are sensitive about the bricks carved in Karsewakpuram for more than 20 years and will be integrated into the structure, sources said.
Majority of stones needed for construction will be being sourced from Bansi Pahadpur area in Rajasthan.
The deep pit will be filled with roller compacted concrete comprising mostly of fly ash with aggregate sand and cement. It is not yet decided if the idol to be placed at the garbha griha will be the one kept under a makeshift structure post demolition of Babri Masjid in December 6, 1992.
“This decision will be taken by the sadhus. Of course, the (existing) idol of Ram Lalla will be in the temple,” a source said.
The main temple will consist of three floors, which includes five mandaps and the length is 360 feet, width 235 feet and with height of each floors at 20 feet. The shikhar will rise to 160 feet from the ground. Heritage structures like Kuber tila and Sita koop will be preserved and developed.
Since it may take nearly 3 hours for a person to reach the sanctum, the complex is developed in a way that there will be sites of interest as visitors wend their way to the inner part of the temple.
