04.01.2025
Some more details of the Ram temple at Ayodhya are quoted as given in a recent issue of India Today:
"A towering edifice in the old northern Nagara style of temple architecture, with eclectic 'pan-India' touches.
Intricately carved pink Rajasthani sandstone leads up to a black granite Ram idol, done southern style.
The temple's foundation stone contains soil and water contains soil and water collected from numerous pilgrimage sites strewn across India."
I could not get details of the Ayodhya Kashi Corridor. The construction of Lord Ram Temple is nearing completion. The Central and state governments are making efforts to develop Ayodhya on the pattern of Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Dham.
The renovation work and widening of the roads leading to the Ram Mandir are going on at a brisk pace.
The completion of the Ram temple and its premises with network of roads is likely to take few years.
Met the daughter of Late Hazarika who was civil surgeon at Goalpara, when I was SP there. It was pleasure to meet her. We spent about a couple an hours with her and her husband.
Visited the location of SP's house at Guwahati. It is now a world class park. We could recognize its location thorough some old trees. The DC's house is also not there. It has been converted into park / museum. As we had limited time we could not visit it. A couple of photographs taken at the old site of SP's Bunglow are given bellows:
