For decades, an idol of infant Lord Ram, known as Ram Lalla, was placed in a small tent in Ayodhya. This was until the historic Supreme Court judgement that allowed for the Ram Mandir to be built on the piece of land where the Babri Masjid once stood. On January 22, a new idol will finally be placed inside the Garbha Griha of the Ram Temple in a grand ceremony.
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The grandeur of the Ram temple is a sight to behold. Are you aware of the fact that neither iron nor cement has been used to build the temple? To make the temple earthquake resistant, stone has been used, instead of iron, in building the temple. Professor Ramanchrala Pradeep Kumar, Director of the CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, commented on the construction of the Ram temple, saying, “We have used stone because its life is much higher than other construction materials. The Ram temple was built using extremely malleable stone. Iron has also been avoided because it rusts. Additionally, we have made sure that the temple’s structure is resistant to earthquakes.”
The Ram temple was constructed using a unique kind of stone. Every stone used in the Ram temple has a groove cut into it; the other stone is then put into the groove. In the same vein, there is no cement between any of the stones in the Ram temple. All of the pink stone used in the primary construction of the Ram temple comes from Bansi Paharpur in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. It is thought that pink stone has a longer lifespan, in addition to being stronger.
The General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Champat Rai, claims that when the soil testing for the foundation began, it was discovered that there was utterly loose sand beneath the temple instead of soil, which was completely inappropriate for the foundation. Following this, it was determined that in order to address this issue, specialists from CBRI, National Geophysical Survey, IIT Delhi, Guwahati, Chennai, Roorkee, and Bombay, as well as Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the business in charge of building the temple, should be consulted. Then six acres of Ayodhya temple land had 14 metres of sand removed from it. After that, 56 layers of a unique kind of concrete mix known as Rolled Compact Concrete were placed in the empty space to prepare the rocks for the foundation. It is the kind of concrete that eventually turns into rock. It was this foundation that was used to make the temple.
The Ram temple has been constructed in the manner of the Nagara style. This style does not use iron. One of the three architectural styles of Hinduism in North India is the Nagara style. This Nagar style, which originated mostly in North India, has been linked to the region between the Vindhyas and the Himalayas. Other temples constructed in the Nagar style are Khajuraho Temple, Somnath Temple, and Sun Temple of Konark.
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