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Yogi reviews Ram Temple construction ahead of rally

The chief minister also reviewed the works of Ayodhya Vision 2047, which seeks to develop the holy city as a world-class tourist destination

Updated on: Jun 15, 2023, 00:38:07 IST
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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday reviewed the ongoing construction of the Ram Temple and implementation of other welfare projects in Ayodhya, a day ahead of his scheduled political rally in the temple town.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath inspects the construction work of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday. (HT Photo)
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath inspects the construction work of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday. (HT Photo)

The chief minister also offered prayers before Ram Lalla, the deity at the upcoming temple. Prior to his visit to the site, he offered prayers at Hanumangarhi temple.

According to people aware of the details, officials of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust briefed Adityanath on the construction of the temple.

The trust is overseeing the construction of the temple which began in 2020.

The construction of the first floor of the three-storey temple is likely to begin by the end of the month and the work on the ground floor is nearing completion, a member of the Trust had earlier said.

The temple’s foundation was laid in an elaborate ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5, 2020. The construction started thereafter and is being monitored by senior functionaries. It was recently reviewed by a team led by Nripendra Misra, chairman of the Ram Mandir Construction Committee, and comprising members from the engineering teams of Larsen and Toubro, Tata Consulting Engineers and the trust.

 
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Umesh Raghuvanshi

Umesh Raghuvanshi is an award-winning journalist with nearly four decades of demonstrated experience in the profession. He is the author of Ayodhya: The Gods Are Liberated. He is skilled in storytelling and newswriting, and writes on politics, governance, legislature, finance, environment, and social issues. He is based in Lucknow, is well-travelled, and has covered several national and international events, as well as all assembly and parliament elections in Uttar Pradesh since 1984. He has been a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a Metcalf Fellow at the Metcalf Institute of Marine and Environmental Reporting, University of Rhode Island, USA. He is a science graduate from DBS College, Dehradun, and holds an MA in Political Science from DAV (PG) College, Dehradun. He won the KC Kulish International Merit Award for excellence in journalism (2015) and received it in New Delhi in 2017. He also won a competition organised by the United Nations Environment Programme DTIE OzonAction Programme in 2009 that assessed coverage of the interlinkages between ozone and climate change. He was awarded in Beijing, China, in 2010. He started his career with a Dehradun-based English daily in the early 1980s and later worked with The Pioneer too.

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