Kolkata: An eight-inch Ram Lalla statue, crafted from “ashtadhatu” (made from eight metals) and originating from the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, is ready as preparations are underway for the bhumi pujan of a Ram Mandir replica on Wednesday in West Bengal’s Murshidabad.
This comes with TMC MLA Humayun Kabir also announcing plans to construct a replica of the Babri Masjid in the same district.
The Bongiyo Ram Sevak Parishad Charitable Trust, the organiser, has clarified that the statue to be permanently installed in the temple will be “larger, different,” and more aligned with Bengali traditions, Indian Express reported.
The trust stated that it has identified and is in the process of finalising approximately 28 to 30 bighas of donated land in Murshidabad.
Meanwhile, TMC MLA Humayun Kabir earlier said that a trust for the construction of a mosque would be established in February, with the foundation stone to be laid on 6 December—the anniversary of the day in 1992 when the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was demolished by kar sevaks, the report added.