AYODHYA: The ball was set rolling for the much-awaited construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya when the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerath Kshetra Trust on Saturday decided to send a formal invite to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation of the temple.
Sources said the Trust has proposed August 5 to PMO as the possible date for the ground-breaking ceremony (bhoomi poojan) and was hopeful of Modi making it. In fact, one of the members of the Trust, Kameshwar Chaupal, asserted that the PM has given his consent.
At the meeting of the Trust which decided to scale up the size of the Ram Mandir, there was consensus on two auspicious dates for ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ based on planetary configurations — August 3 or August 5. The crucial meeting of the Trust was also attended by PM’s former principal secretary and chairman of temple construction committee, Nripendra Misra.
“The Prime Minister’s Office will take the final call about the date,” said general secretary of the Trust, Champat Rai,