The 'Aastha Special Train' was boarded by a large number of Lord Ram devotees from Jalandhar on Friday. The devotees are headed for Ayodhya Dham to pay their obeisance to Lord Ram at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
The first Aastha Special Train carrying the first batch of Ram devotees to Ayodhya left from Secunderabad Railway Station on Monday. 1346 devotees boarded the train. The echoes of 'Jai Sri Ram' chants filled the Secunderabad Railway Station.
"The dream for years has come true as the Ram Mandir has now been constructed. The first train from the Devbhoomi of Himachal Pradesh to Ayodhya Dham has left with groups of Ram devotees," Thakur said.
"I would like to request devotees not to bring their suitcases and bags while coming for darshan and keep them at their own places. This will ensure that no inconvenience is faced here. It is also important from the security point of view," the ADG said on Monday.
The team will organise Bhandara (religious feast) for 60 days in Ayodhya Dham on behalf of Chhattisgarh, maternal birthplace of Lord Ram and serve the devotees there.
Talking to the reporters at the Lucknow Airport after attending the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, Paswasn said, "It was unbelievable. It is a dream that we Lord Ram devotees have been seeing for a very long time."
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Ram Lalla idol at the Shri Ram Janmaboomi Temple in Ayodhya on Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the wait and promise of five centuries was fulfilled today and it is an unforgettable day for crores of Ram devotees.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday accused the "Hindu-hating" DMK of misusing the Tamil Nadu police to suppress the Ram devotees' right to watch the live telecast of 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
The Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh is all set to begin today. Actors Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff on Monday extended heartfelt greetings to all the Ram devotees for the grand ceremony.
Ahead of Ram Lalla's Pran Pratishtha ceremony today, devotees took a holy dip in the Ganga River in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi despite the severe cold.
Although many devotees take sacred dips in the Ganges river almost every day. But today the crowd gathered in view of the Ram Mandir temple i