Ayodhya Ram temple: 22.6 kg silver brick for bhoomi pujan today; interesting facts you must know
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend three hours in Ayodhya for bhoomi pujan, during which he will also visit the Hanuman Garhi temple.
* A 22.6-kg brick made of pure silver will be used for the bhoomi pujan.
* PM Modi is expected to arrive at the temple town around 11.30 am and leave soon after the event concludes, around 2 pm.
* As many as 175 eminent guests, including 135 seers have been invited for the ceremony.
* There will be just five people on the dais – Narendra Modi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, trust chief Nritya Gopald as Maharaj, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
* Every invited guest at 'Bhoomi pujan' ceremony will be gifted a silver coin as 'prasad'.
* The silver coin, on one side, has the image of Ram Darbar which includes Lord Ram, Sita, Laxman and Hanuman and on the other side is the insignia of trust.
* The guests will also be given a box of 'laddoos'.
* Tribal priests from Jharkhand leave for Ayodhya, to participate in Ram Temple bhoomi pujan
* Nepal’s Pashupatinath Temple to hold prayers for grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
PM Modi's laying down of the foundation stone of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya will see a culmination of the campaign that the Rath Yatra unleashed nearly 30 years ago.
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First published: 5 August 2020, 8:15 IST