Construction Details of Shri Ram Temple

On 9^th November 2019, the Supreme Court of India gave a verdict in the favor of construction of Shri Ram Temple on the disputed land and Ordered the Government of India to create a trust to build the Temple and form a Board of Trustees within three months. Following the orders of the Supreme Court, Government formed a trust, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi personally announced the trust’s formation in the Lok Sabha on 5^th February 2020. The trust is named as Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.

 

Construction of Shri Ram Temple:

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra's trust has decided to name the temple as Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir. In India two architectural styles are dominant for the construction of Temples, in Northern regions Nagar Style is used and in Southern regions, Dravid style of Architecture is used for the construction of temples. Shri Ram Temple will be made using Nagar style architecture.

The design of the Temple is made by Shri Chandrakant Sompura. Sompura family has constructed 131 Temples across the world. Gujarat’s Somnath temple and Mathura Temple is made by Chandrakant Sompura’s father Shri Prabhakar Sompura and London’s Akshar Purushottam Swami Narayan Temple is made by Shri Chandrakant Sompura himself.

The model of Shri Ram Temple proposed by Vishwa Hindu Parishad was designed by Chandrakant Sompura on the instructions of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Leader Shri Ashok Singhal in 1987. Now Chandrakant Sompura has approved the old design. However, some changes will be implemented in the old design the changes are mentioned later in this article. Chandrakant Sompura’s sons, Ashish Sompura and Nikhil Sompura will be helping him in the design and construction of Lord Shri Ram Temple. Contract of making the temple is handed over to National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) India Limited while Larsen and Toubro (L&T) will be working under NBCC to complete the construction.

The common question that arises in everyone’s mind is what will be the cost of construction?

The previous plan had an approximate cost of 100 Crores. However, since the dimensions of the temple are increased and few changes are planned the cost of Construction may be increased. The other condition governing the cost of construction of Shri Ram Temple is time for completion of the Project. If the pace of construction will be increased then cost will be increasing too.

Another question that arises is what will be the source of such an enormous amount?

First of all, in 1985 when Vishwa Hindu Parishad established Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas (translates: Shri Ram Birthplace trust), it collected donations from the pilgrims throughout the nation in which they asked for financial help from the devotees. Pilgrims used to give an amount of 1.25 Rupees to 10 Rupees as per their convenience and abilities. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas also gave a slogan for the collection of donation which goes as “Sawa Rupaiya de de bhaiya Ram Shila Ke Naam ka, Ram ka Ghar mein lag jaayega Patthar tere Naam ka" which means "Please give a contribution of 1.25 Rupees in the name of a Brick of Shri Ram's home, so that brick in your name will be placed in Lord Shri Ram's home." After the completion of donation, an amount of 30 Crore was collected by Nyas. However, 28 Crore is already used in the carving of stones. The remaining amount of 2 Crore was given to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra when a bank account was created in April month. Moreover, Patna's Mahaveer Temple trust has pledged to donate 10 Crore of which 2 Crore is already given to the trust. Moreover, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi  Teerth Kshetra Trust will be asking 10 Crore peoples for their contribution.

Details of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust:

As mentioned above Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Kshetra Trust was made as per the Supreme Court's order to look after the construction of Shri Ram's Temple. Trust has 15 members, 12 members were nominated by the Government of India and during the first meeting, an additional 3 members were selected. Following is the list of all trust members:

Mahant Nritya Gopaldas Ji Maharaj – President

Swami Govind Dev Giri Ji Maharaj – Treasurer

Shri Champat Rai – General Secretary

Shri Nripendra Mishra, IAS – President Construction Committee

Shri K Parasaran, Senior Advocate – Member

Swami Vasudevanand Sarswati Ji Maharaj – Member

Swami Vishvaprasannateerth Ji Maharaj – Member

Yugpurush Paramanand  Giri Ji Maharaj – Member

Shri Vimalendra Mohan Pratap Mishra – Member

Dr. Anil Mishra – Member

Shri Kameshwar Chaupal – Member

Mahant Dinendra Das Ji – Member

Shri Gyanesh Kumar, IAS – Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home affairs

Shri Avanish Awasthi, IAS – Additional Chief Secretary, UP

Shri Anuj Jha, IAS – Collector, Ayodhya District

HEAD OFFICE: Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, R-20, Greater Kailash Part-1, New Delhi, 110048.

To Donate:

Bank account set up by trust for the donations:

Bank: State Bank of India

Branch: Naya Ghat Road, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh 224123

For Cash Deposit:

Current Account: 39161498809

For Cheque Deposit/ Online Transfer

Saving Account: 39161495808

IFSC CODE: SBIN0002510

For More Details, you can visit Official Site: srjbtkshetra.org

Structure of Ram Temple:

• Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir to be constructed in Ayodhya will be having an area of 84,600 sq ft.
• 50,000 Pilgrims will be able to worship the deity inside the temple together.
• Temple will have 3 floors, each floor will have 106 pillars, and a total of 318 pillars will be there in the whole temple.
• No Steel or Iron will be used in the construction of the structure.
• Each pillar will have 16 Sculptures embedded in them.
• Each pillar will have a height of 14ft.16in and they will be made of Pink Stones.
• The Glorious Shri Ram Temple will have a length of 360ft., breadth of 235ft. and height of 161ft.
• Temple will have 5 domes in total.
• Temple will have Sinha Dwaar (Main Entrance), Nritya Mandap, Rang Mandap, Garbha Griha,  Aarti Sthal and Sit Rasoi.
• Apart from these Temple will have Prarthna Mandap, Parikrama Marg, Sheshawatar Mandir, Ramkatha Kunj Park, Goshala, Dharmshala, and Nakshatra Vatika in the Temple Campus.
• The temple will have 4 small temples in the surrounding.  Namely, Bharat Temple, Laxman Temple, Sita Temple, and Lord Ganesha Temple will be around the main structure.
• All the door frames of the temple will be made of white marble, whereas the main entrance door i.e. Sinha Dwaar will be completely made of Makrana’s white marble.

Structure before Changes:

•  The temple was set to have a length of 270ft., breadth of 145ft. and height of 141ft.
• 3 Domes were planned and later 2 Domes were added in the plan.
• There were only 2 floors in the previous structure with 106 Pillars on each floor and a total of 212 pillars. 3^rd floor was added to the new plan.

It will take 3-3.5 years for the completion of the construction of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir. The work of Ram temple such as the carving of stone was started since the beginning of the movement of Shri Ram Temple. It's said that 70% work of the construction of Shri Ram Temple is finished according to the previous plan. This shows the faith and dedication of devotees in their belief in their deity. Apart from all these efforts, the Construction of the Temple will officially begin after the Bhoomi Pujan. The Bhoomi Pujan is planned on 5^th August 2020 at 12:15:15 IST, Prime Minister Modi will be keeping the Silver Brick as the foundation stone of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir. The Silver brick is completely made of Pure Silver and weights 22.6 KGs.