Workers from all over give finishing touches to Ram Temple

At the Ram temple workshop in Ayodhya, several workers from Rajasthan are seated near hundreds of carved pillars, painstakingly removing the moss accumulated between the crevices of the carvings since 1992 when the pillars had been prepared to be installed in the temple.

On the outer road leading to the Ram ki Paidi, giant sized three-dimensional murals lining the route are being painted by artists from West Bengal. In another spot on the same stretch, workers from Lucknow on the payrolls of a private fibre glass company are putting together fibre-made giant sculptures of the seven horses carrying the Surya Devata (Sun God)'s chariot to be installed on an overbridge of sorts over the road.

This, even as the temple design has been done by Gujarat-based Sompuras, who specialise in temple architecture. With less than a month to go for the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony of the Ram temple on January 22, professionals from across Indian states and all walks of life are coming together to contribute towards constructing the temple and beautifying the city, which is going to receive hundreds of thousands of devotees every year in the future.


"We have been repairing the pillars for the last one year," says Kamlesh Katara from Dungarpur in Rajasthan. For three floors of the temple, 360 pillars were made. Pillars of two floors have been taken to the temple and the last batch of one floor remains to be installed. Besides masons from Rajasthan, locals are also involved in the arduous task.

Sameer Kumar Das from Motihari in West Bengal, who has been painting Durga idols for Durga Puja for over 35 years, takes a minute from the painting to share how the structures have been brought from Bengal and then assembled on the wall, and are now being given colour.

"It definitely speaks of the inclusivity of the project, which will be even more visible in the guests who come to attend the consecration ceremony on January 22," Vinod Bansal, VHP spokesperson, told ET.