Yogi Adityanath leads Pran Pratishtha ceremony at Ayodhya's Ram Mandir on his 53rd birthday

Jun 05, 2025 01:28 PM IST

CM Yogi Adityanath carried out the aarti of Ram Lalla on the bottom flooring of the temple then moved to the primary flooring to carry out the rituals of Pran Pratishtha.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the grand Pran Pratishtha ceremony on the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Thursday. The rituals started at 11am and lasted round 45 to 50 minutes, that includes conventional Vedic chants and ceremonies. The occasion marked the ultimate day of the three-day Pran Pratishtha celebrations that began on June 3.

The whole ceremony of Pran Pratishtha carried out by CM Yogi Adityanath together with the vedic rituals, lasted for round 45 to 50 minutes.(Pawan Dixit/HT)

Yogi Adityanath, who’s celebrating his 53rd birthday immediately, carried out the aarti of Ram Lalla on the bottom flooring of the temple. After performing rituals within the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, the chief minister reached the primary flooring of the temple for Pran Pratishtha of Ram Darbar and began rituals there.

On the event, Anil Mishra, member of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust and host of the ceremony, was additionally current alongside together with his spouse Usha Mishra. Additionally, Govind Dev Giri, a member of the Trust, felicitated Adityanath. After the rituals, CM greeted the choose individuals who had been invited to the ceremony and left the primary flooring together with some members of the belief and friends.

Earlier, Yogi Adityanath additionally provided prayers on the Hanuman Garhi Mandir in Ayodhya as part of his schedule to attend Pran Pratishtha. Expressing his gratitude, the CM took to X and wrote about being part of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony.

“Today, in the holy birthplace of Lord Shri Ram, Ayodhya Dham, I am getting the great fortune of becoming a witness to the program organised for the Pran Pratishtha of the holy idols of gods in the eight temples including Shri Ram Darbar on the first floor of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple.” he mentioned within the publish.

He additionally mentioned this event is a brand new expression of ‘Ek Bharat-Shrestha Bharat’ and a victory for Lord Ram.

Sharing the occasions of Pran Pratishtha, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust wrote on X that the primary day of the ceremony concerned rituals initiated within the Yagyashala. These rituals continued on the second day as effectively, during which numerous anushthan and the utsav vigrahas had been taken on a Parikrama of the mandir premises.

After the top of the ceremony, CM got here out of the Ram Mandir campus. Now, rituals will likely be carried out within the different temples inside the Ram Temple complicated.

(With inputs from ANI)