A 64-year-old, Challa Srinivas Sastry, from Hyderabad has undertaken an 8,000-kilometer padayatra (stroll) to Ayodhya, carrying gold-plated footwear value Rs 65 lakh for Lord Ram. His journey coincides with the inauguration of the Ram Temple on January 22.
Sastry is retracing the Ayodhya-Rameswaram route, mirroring Lord Ram’s ‘Vanavas’ (exile) in reverse, with the intention of presenting the gold article. He had earlier donated 5 silver bricks to the Ram Temple.
The religious pilgrim started his journey on July 20, following the reverse order and stopping at Shiva Lingas established by Lord Ram alongside the best way.
Having coated vital places like Puri in Odisha, Trimbak in Maharashtra, and Dwaraka in Gujarat, Sastry goals to succeed in Ayodhya within the subsequent 10 days. Sastry is carrying a gold-plated ‘padukalu’ (footwear) made with ‘panch dhatu’ (5 metals) for Ram Lall’s idol on his head, which he plans at hand over to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath upon reaching Ayodhya.
Sastry, impressed by the analysis of Dr Ramavatar, a retired Revenue Tax Division official who meticulously mapped Lord Ram’s exile route, expressed his deep-rooted motivation.
“My father participated in ‘kar seva’ in Ayodhya. He was a strong devotee of Lord Hanuman. His desire was to see the Ram temple built in Ayodhya. As he is no more, I decided to fulfill his desire,” Sastry stated as quoted by information company PTI.
The devoted pilgrim needed to briefly pause his march for a UK go to however resumed it from the place he left off in Tamil Nadu. At present, in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, roughly 272 km from Ayodhya, Sastry, together with 5 others, continues his non secular journey.
Because the founding father of the Ayodhya Bhagyanagar Sitarama Basis, Sastry plans to calm down completely in Ayodhya and plans to assemble a home within the sacred metropolis.
On January 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ready to inaugurate an impressive Ram Temple on the birthplace of Lord Ram.
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