Belagavi priest fixed Ram temple ‘muhurat’

Hindu priests and supporters of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), a Hindu nationalist organisation, perform rituals next to pots filled with holy water and soil which they brought from various Hindu religious places, before taking the pots to the northern town of Ayodhya for a stone laying ceremony in the Ram Temple, in Ahmedabad, India July 27, 2020. Credit: Reuters

It was Vidya Vihar Vidyalaya Kulapati N R Vijayeendra Sharma who gave the auspicious ‘muhurat’ of August 5 for the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, it is reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the construction of the Ram temple.

He was contacted by Ram temple Trustee Swami Govinddevgiri Maharaj to give an auspicious muhurat for the foundation stone laying.

Sharma told DH that he had sent four auspicious timings: July 29 (after 9 am), July 31 (from 7 am to 9 am), August 3 (after 10 am) and August 5 full day. Finally, August 5 was selected for the laying of the foundation stone.

Sharma said he himself had drafted the letter with dates and auspicious timings and sent it to the the temple Trustee on June 15.

Deccan Herald is on WhatsApp Channels | Join now for Breaking News & Editor's Picks