Ram returned to Ayodhya after 14 years of vanvaas along with Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman. The entire Ayodhya lit diyas in celebration, from that day know as ‘Deepavali’ .
And now for Ram Mandir, Sacred soil from prominent temples from across the country and water from almost all religiously-significant water bodies in India are going to take part in the construction of Ram temple.
The holy event is going to be in Ayodhya when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the ‘bhoomi pujan’ on August 5 for the construction of the temple.
The sacred soil was reportedly dug up by members of the Hindu Parishad (VHP) on July 27 and will now be taken to the site of the temple construction where it will be used in the foundation.
“Yesterday in the morning, the members of the VHP came and collected sacred water and some soil from the premises of the temple. This will be used during the auspicious ceremony that will be held shortly at the temple construction site in Ayodhya”, Ridip Sarma, a Kamakhya temple priest, told The Sentinel Digital.
The devotees have taken soil from the sacred Kamakhya temple in Guwahati city of Assam for the bhoomi pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
