Ayodhya Temple Order to Be Delivered by Hyderabad Timber Expert: 100 Doors to Ram’s Devotion

With the inaugural date of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya drawing near, a Hyderabad-based wood company is working nonstop to provide 100 doors for the shrine.

Since June, Anuradha Timbers International’s managing partner, Ch Sarath Babu, has been traveling back and forth between Ayodhya and Hyderabad to guarantee prompt delivery.

“We are using teak wood, which is known to last over 3,000 years,” he said in an interview with News18. Without a doubt, the finest wood must be used for these kinds of tasks. We selected exceptional-quality trees from Maharashtra’s Balharshah forest after winning the contract. The trees were 100 years old on average, and they showed no signs of damage. We checked to make sure there were no sapwood, knots, or cracks. Only 20% of the wood taken from these trees—which again underwent a thorough selection process—was selected to be utilized for the temple’s interior spaces. Termites and the elements have little influence on teak wood.

For three generations, Sarath’s family has been in the company. The expert gave an explanation of how the company got the contract, stating that three years before, the Ayodhya Temple Trust, Larsen & Toubro, and Tata Consultancy Services had requested businesses to create a wooden model of the temple. The doors of the temple were made by Sarath and his group of skilled wood carvers since they produced the nicest one. They established their workshop in Ayodhya in June, and in a record-breaking six months, they have almost finished the task. He said, “To give an idea of how the new temple would look, the wooden model was kept at Darshan Marg.”

Sarath is collaborating with the skilled wood carvers from Kanyakumari, Kumaraswamy Ramesh and crew. They may be found behind the ornate doors of some well-known Indian temples, such as the Yadadri temple outside of Hyderabad.

Sompura, the temple’s chief architect, created the doors in the Nagari style. With meticulous handwork, Kumaraswamy’s team has meticulously recreated the patterns.

Elephants, peacocks, and other gods are depicted on the elaborate doors’ lettering. A peacock has been carved into the Garbhagriha entrance. This door is movable, measuring eight feet in height and twelve feet in width. Doors fall into many kinds, such as percota (outside boundary) and dome doors. The bottom level of the temple has eighteen doors, all of which are gold-plated.

Every door has to be installed and taken out at least four times for different stages, according to Sarath. “The doors need to be dry fitted and then copper and gold plated. Our crew completed the doors in three months if the time required for these procedures is taken into account.