Ram Temple Pran Pratishtha: Reliance Industries Announces January 22 as a Holiday for Workers in India

The day the Ram Lalla statue will be dedicated at the recently constructed Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on January 22 is a holiday for Reliance Industries, which is headed by Mukesh Ambani, and its workers nationwide. Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing director of RIL, and his family are included in the limited list of state guests invited to the “Pran Pratishtha” event on Monday.

While the federal government has declared that all federal offices would be closed for half a day on January 22, a number of state governments and academic institutions have also declared full or half days off.

While Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tripura, Chhattisgarh, Assam, and Odisha have announced half-days off, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, and Maharashtra have declared full days off.

The dedication ceremony of the Ram temple on January 22 will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The temple is scheduled to open to the public the following day.

Reporters were informed by Temple Trust General Secretary Champat Rai that the consecration ritual is scheduled to start at 12:20 pm and should conclude by 1 pm. At the temple, the ceremonies that lead up to the consecration ceremony have already started.

As excitement for the consecration event increased, the first picture of the new Ram Lalla idol was released to the public on Friday. According to the image posted by the Vishva Hindu Parishad, the statue is made of black stone that was mined in Karnataka. It is decorated with a garland of flowers and has its eyes covered with a piece of yellow fabric. The youngster Ram, known as Ram Lalla, is standing.

Arun Yogiraj, a sculptor from Mysuru, created the new 51-inch statue, which was transported there by truck the night before and put in the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple on Thursday afternoon. The temple held ceremonies on Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.