Seer lays symbolic foundation of Ram temple at Kashi math

  • | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

However, he did not elaborate the Ayodhya programme. He added that the date of his visit to Ayodhya would be decided later in view of the situation prevailing in the country.In Varanasi, the symbolic ceremony was held amid religious rituals and chanting of Vedic mantras. He he later postponed the Ayodhya march in the aftermath of Pulwama terror attack on the request of Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad, chief minister and district administration.“A temple already existed at Ram Janmabhoomi, but attempts were made to break it and consequently it became disputed,” said Shankaracharya. Varanasi: Shankaracharya of Jyotish and Dwarka-Sharda peeths Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati symbolically laid the foundation stone of Ayodhya’s Ram mandir at his Varanasi ashram — Shri Vidya Math — at Kedar Ghat on Thursday.“Now, after the ritual of ‘shilanyas’ (foundation laying) we are looking forward to building a grand temple of Shri Ram at his birthplace on line of Angkor Wat temple of Cambodia,” said the seer adding that he had also sent his disciple Govindanand Saraswati to Ayodhya to lay another symbolic foundation stone.“As per the pre-scheduled programme, I have sent my disciple Govindanand Saraswati to Ayodhya, where he laid the foundation stone with prescribed rituals performed by local pundit on Thursday,” said the seer. Shankaracharya put Shri Ram Yantra, four silver bricks and four marble bricks on the sketch of acquired land in Ayodhya on a big sheet of white paper to perform the ritual.Earlier, the Shankaracharya had announced at Param Dharam Sansad, which he had hosted at Kumbh mela on January 30, that Ramagrah Yatra will be carried out from Kumbh to Ayodhya on February 17 to lay the foundation stone of the temple at Ram Janamabhoomi on February 21.

Varanasi: Shankaracharya of Jyotish and Dwarka-Sharda peeths Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati symbolically laid the foundation stone of Ayodhya’s Ram mandir at his Varanasi ashram — Shri Vidya Math — at Kedar Ghat on Thursday.“Now, after the ritual of ‘shilanyas’ (foundation laying) we are looking forward to building a grand temple of Shri Ram at his birthplace on line of Angkor Wat temple of Cambodia,” said the seer adding that he had also sent his disciple Govindanand Saraswati to Ayodhya to lay another symbolic foundation stone.“As per the pre-scheduled programme, I have sent my disciple Govindanand Saraswati to Ayodhya, where he laid the foundation stone with prescribed rituals performed by local pundit on Thursday,” said the seer. However, he did not elaborate the Ayodhya programme. He added that the date of his visit to Ayodhya would be decided later in view of the situation prevailing in the country.In Varanasi, the symbolic ceremony was held amid religious rituals and chanting of Vedic mantras. Shankaracharya put Shri Ram Yantra, four silver bricks and four marble bricks on the sketch of acquired land in Ayodhya on a big sheet of white paper to perform the ritual.Earlier, the Shankaracharya had announced at Param Dharam Sansad, which he had hosted at Kumbh mela on January 30, that Ramagrah Yatra will be carried out from Kumbh to Ayodhya on February 17 to lay the foundation stone of the temple at Ram Janamabhoomi on February 21. He he later postponed the Ayodhya march in the aftermath of Pulwama terror attack on the request of Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad, chief minister and district administration.“A temple already existed at Ram Janmabhoomi, but attempts were made to break it and consequently it became disputed,” said Shankaracharya.

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