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"This is the real Diwali": Anupam Kher offers prayers at Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya

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Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) | January 22, 2024 10:24:03 AM IST
Actor Anupam Kher is currently in Ayodhya to attend the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony.

On Monday morning, the actor offered prayers at the Hanuman Garhi Temple.

While speaking to the media, Anupam Kher said, "Before going to Lord Ram, it is very important to have the darshan of Lord Hanuman...The atmosphere in Ayodhya is so graceful. There is slogan of Jai Sri Ram in the air everywhere...Diwali has come again, this is the real Diwali."

Special guests from cricket world, film world, saint society, politics, art, literature and culture and other fields have also been invited for the ceremony.

Bollywood celebs like Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana, Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Tiger Shroff and Asha Bhosale among others will also be attending the ceremony.

Pran Prathistha ceremony will be held today in the temple town of Ayodhya amid tight security. The historic ritual of ''Pran Pratistha'' of Ram Lalla will take place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saints, and a host of distinguished guests.

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust announced on Sunday that the ''Pran Pratishtha'' ceremony will be marked by a dazzling musical event titled ''Mangal Dhwani''.

The soiree, featuring some of the biggest names in the world of music, will be staged at 10 am. The ''Pran Pratishtha'' of Shri Ram Lalla at Ayodhya Temple will be held at 12:30 pm.

Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh has been decked up with posters and flags of Lord Ram while cities across the country have been decorated with lights, huge cutouts of Lord Ram and posters bearing religious slogans related to Lord Ram.

Vedic rituals for the Pran-Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya began on January 16, a week before the main ceremony. (ANI)

 
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