A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking a ban on the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of Shri Ram Lalla at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple to be held on January 22.
The petition has been filed by Bhola Das of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad. Citing Shankaracharya’s objections, the petition demanded a ban on the ceremony.
“A religious programme is going to be organised in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. The idol of Ram Lalla will be installed at the under-construction temple. The ceremony will be performed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Shankaracharyas have an objection to the Pran Pratistha programme. No religious programmes are organised in the month of ‘Pus’. The temple is still incomplete. In an incomplete temple, no deity can be consecrated,” the petition read.
