Ayodhya: Today marks the fifth day of seven-day Vedic rituals to be followed ahead of the consecration of Lord Ram at Ayodhya temple. On Friday, the holy fire was lit as part of the ‘Aranimantha’ by rubbing two planks of wood with the help of a cloth to begin the ‘Yagya’. The kundas (pitchers) fire will remain ‘akhand’ (continuous) until the ‘pran pratistha’.
The week-long rituals commenced on Tuesday and will culminate on January 22 with the pran-pratistha ceremony. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to preside over the ceremonial installation of Ram Lalla. The temple will be open for ‘darshan’ for the general public from January 23.
On day 5, the sanctum santorum, where the idol of Lord Ram was installed on Thursday, will be washed with the holy water of Saryu. It will be followed by ‘Vaastu shanti’ and ‘Annadhivas’ rituals.
The world continues to glorify Ram Mandir as PM Modi today shared how people of Mauritius have preserved Ram Bhakti traditions through Kathas and Bhajans.
According to Vedic rituals, ‘Vaastu shanti’ is done to attain peace from sky, water, earth, fire and air, which have significance in the Vaastu shastra. The Vaastu shanti is practised to remove all defects that may remain from the new house even after conducting the Vaastu puja (held on January 18).
Meanwhile, just three days before the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony in Ayodhya, the UP Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) has found Khalistan links of three suspects held in Ayodhya on Thursday, said senior police officials here on Friday. The three accused were identified as Rajasthan residents Shankar Dussad alias Shankar Jajod, Ajit Kumar Sharma and Pradeep Puniya, police said.
The official said the suspicion on the three deepened when a recorded voice message by Khalistan leaders was circulated on some people’s mobile phones in Lucknow. The recorded voice message was in a male voice. In the message, a man posing as Khalistan terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who holds dual citizenship of the US and Canada, addressing chief minister Yogi Adityanath, said that Sikh for Justice (SFJ), a US-based group that supports the secession of Punjab from India, was going to hold the UP CM accountable on January 22 and Ram Temple consecration was not going to save him, official said.
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