Ayodhya: Ram Lalla was consecrated on 22 January, then how is the first anniversary being celebrated on 11 January 2025?

Ayodhya: On one hand, on the first anniversary of Ramlala's Pran-Pratishtha Mahotsav, a grand three-day festival will be organized in the new year from 11 to 13 January 2025. Let us tell you that, according to the Hindu calendar, the first anniversary of Ramlala's consecration in Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple located in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh will be celebrated on January 11 next year. However, you will remember very well that the Pran-Pratishtha ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya took place on 22nd January this year, then how will the first anniversary of Pran-Pratishtha be on 11th January? Let us explain this from what Rai said.

How was the first anniversary of Pran Pratistha celebrated on 11th January?

In fact, Champat Rai, General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, told reporters today that the anniversary of Pran Pratishtha will be celebrated like other Hindu festivals. He told that Pran Pratishtha was done on Paush Shukla Dwadashi i.e. 22 January 2024 and it will be celebrated in 2025. The date will fall on January 11, hence from that day a three-day religious ritual will be organized by the Ram Mandir Trust. The Trust has started preparations for the prestige anniversary.

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In this regard, Champat Rai said, “All Hindu festivals are celebrated according to specific dates, hence the anniversary of Ramlala's consecration will also be celebrated according to the date. Festivals like Ram Navami, Krishna Janmashtami and Vivah Panchami are celebrated according to the Hindu calendar. Similarly, the anniversary of the consecration of Ram temple will be celebrated as 'Pratishtha Dwadashi'. This date will fall on Paush Shukla Dwadashi on 11 January next year.

He also told that in this program those saints are being invited who could not be called for consecration or who could not come due to some reasons. According to Rai, arrangements have also been made for the general public to participate in the annual festival inside and outside the Ram temple complex.

The program will be like this

Champat Rai told that on January 11, the consecration and grand aarti of Ramlala will be done at 12.20 pm. He informed that programs will be organized at five different places to commemorate the annual festival of Pran Pratishtha and apart from this, the second program will be held at the Yagya Mandap of the Ram Temple complex and the third program will be held at the Pilgrim Facilitation Center in the Ram Janmabhoomi complex.

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Along with this, Rai said that a program will be organized for the general public at Angad Tila outside the Ram Janmabhoomi complex, but only invited members will be allowed to participate in the program organized inside the temple complex. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the idol of Ram Lalla was consecrated in the new temple in Ayodhya on January 22 this year.

Please note that along with the Khya temple in Ayodhya, eighteen new temples are also being constructed in the Ram temple complex. These also include temples dedicated to Dashavatar, Sheshavatar, Nishadraj, Shabari, Ahilya and Saint Tulsidas, which are being built with full grandeur.
(with agency input)