Shree Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra secretary general Champat Rai said that the auspicious Praan-Pratistha (consecration) yoga of the Deity of Bhagwan Shri Ram Lalla (Child Ram) arrives on the approaching Paush Shukla Kurmadwadashi, Vikram Samvat 2080, that is Monday, the 22nd of January, 2024.
Following all the Shaastriya (scriptural) protocols, the programme of Praan-Pratistha will be held in the Abhijeet Muhurta in the afternoon, he told a press conference.
The formal procedures of pre-PraanPratistha sacraments will start from tomorrow, i.e., 16th January and continue till 21st January, 2024, he said.
The Dwaadash Adhivaas protocols will be as follows: 16th January – Praayaschitta and Karmakuti Poojan; 17th – Parisar Pravesh of the Murty; 18th evening – Teerth Poojan, Jal Yatra, Jalaadhivas and Gandhaadhivaas; 19th morning – Aushadhaadhivaas, Kesaraadhivaas, Ghritaadhivaas and in the evening – Dhaanyaadhivaas; 20th morning – Sharkaraadhivaas, Phalaadhivaas, and in the evening – Pushpaadhivaas; 21st January morning – Madhyaadhivaas and in the evening – Shayyaadhivaas. Generally there are Seven Adhivaasas in Pran Pratistha ceremony and minimum three Adhivasas are in practice, she said.
There will be 121 Acharyas conducting the rituals. Ven. Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid will be overseeing, coordinating, anchoring and directing all the proceedings of the Anushthaan and the principal Acharya will be Shri Luckshmikant Dixit of Kashi, he said.
The consecration programme will be conducted in the august presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, Governor of Uttar Pradesh Madam Anandiben Patel, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries.
Acharyas of all schools of Bharatiya spiritualism, religion, sect, system of worship, tradition, Sants of more than 150 traditions, Mahamandaleshwars, Mandaleshwars, Shrimahants, Mahants, Nagas as well as leading figures of more than 50 Adivasi, Girivasi, Tatavasi, Dwipavasi tribal traditions will remain present to witness the Pran-Pratistha ceremony on the premises of the Temple of Nativity of Shri Ram – destroyer of global terrorism and establisher of the rule of law, he said.
The presence of the tribal traditions being represented by the people of the hills, forests, coastal belts, islands, etc., is happening for the first time in the recent history of Bharat; it will be unique in itself, he said.
The traditions include Shaiva, Vaishnav, Shaakta, Gaanapatya, Patya, Sikh, Bauddha, Jain, Dashnaam Shankar, Ramanand, Ramanuj, Nimbarka, Madhva, Vishnu Nami, Ramsanehi, Ghisapanth, Garibdasi, Gaudiya, Kabirpanthi, Valmiki, Shankardev (Assam), Madhav Dev, ISKCON, Ramakrishna Mission, Chinmaya Mission, Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Gayatri Parivar, Anukul Chandra, Thakur Parampara, Mahima Samaj of Odisha, Akali, Nirankari, Namdhari from Punjab, Radhasoami and Swaminarayan, Varkari, Veer Shaiva, etc. After the completion of the consecration programme in the Garbha-Griha (sanctum sanctorum), all the witnesses will have darshan respectively, he said.
The enthusiasm for the consecration of Shree Ram Lalla is being felt everywhere. It has been resolved to celebrate it with great enthusiasm all over Bharat, including Ayodhya, he said.
During the run-up to the consecration ceremony, people from different states are continuously coming with water, soil, gold, silver, gems, clothes, jewellery, huge bells, drums, aroma/fragrance items, etc, he said.
The most notable among them were the Bhaars (gifts sent at the time of setting up a daughter’s house) sent from Maa Janaki’s maternal homes at Janakpur (Nepal) and Sitamarhi (Bihar) which a large number of people carried to Ayodhya and also gifts of different types of jewellery, etc., were offered by the Nanihal (maternal grandmother’s place of Shri Ram) at Raipur, Dandakaranya area, he said.
Shree Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra appeals to all the Bhaaratvanshi Brothers and Sisters and all Ram Devotees in Bharat and abroad to decorate the temples in their vicinity on the 22nd January, 2024, coinciding with Shree Bhagwan’s Pran-Pratistha ceremony at Ayodhya and perform bhajan, puja, kirtan and aarati (service of light), etc., as per the worship protocols of the deity of the temple.
The direct telecast of the Pran-Pratistha programme should be watched collectively by putting up a film screen.
Before all that, the nearby temples should be cleaned and all hygiene ensured.
Ramjyoti (Panchdeepak) should also be lit in the name of Shri Ramlala with the chanting of Jai Jai Shree Ram in houses in the evening on 22nd January.
On the auspicious and historic occasion of the Pran Pratistha ceremony Shri Ram Lala in His Temple of Nativity at His Place of Avataran/Incarnation in Ayodhya, from 10 am till just before the Pran Pratishtha Muhurta, Shubh Mangal Dhwani is being organized there for about 2 hours to charge the atmosphere and every atom of the place with auspiciousness, he said.
Emulating the tradition and protocol of our Bharatiya culture to divinise any auspicious work, ritual or festival, an elaborate ritual of Mangal Dhwani is being put in place in front of the deity to radiate joy, auspiciousness and energy, he said.
This occasion of the consecration of Bhagwan Shri Ram Lala is a moment of pride for every Bharatiya in centuries, when we are going to play traditional musical instruments from various regions and states across Bharat in front of Shri Ram Lalla, he said.
This Pratistha Mahotsav will conclude in Ayodhya with the auspicious playing of twenty-five prominent and rare musical instruments from different states, he said.
It will be presented by skilled artists of those instruments. The names of these states and their main instruments are as follows:
Uttar Pradesh – Pakhawaj, Flute, Dholak
Karnataka – Veena
Maharashtra – Sundari
Punjab – Algoza
Odisha – Mardal
Madhya Pradesh – Santur
Manipur – Pung
Assam – Nagada, Kali
Chhattisgarh – Tambura
Bihar – Pakhawaj
Delhi – Sehnai
Rajasthan – Ravanhattha
West Bengal – Shri Khol, Sarod
Andhra Pradesh – Ghatam
Jharkhand – Sitar
Gujarat – Santaar
Tamil Nadu – Nagaswaram, Tavil, Mridangam
Uttarakhand – Hudkaa
The choreographer and director of this Mangal Dhwani (auspicious instrumental music recital/ensemble) is Yatindra Mishra, who is a renowned writer, expert on Ayodhya culture and artiste.
Kendriya Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi has cooperated with him in this work.
