Central Govt Offices Shut for Ram Temple Ceremony; PM Modi to Preside Over Pran Pratishtha
Scheduled for January 22, 2024, the ceremony will be celebrated nationwide.
In a significant move, the central government has announced the closure of all its offices across the country until 2:30 pm on January 22. This decision aims to facilitate the participation of employees in the auspicious Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya.
Scheduled for January 22, 2024, the ceremony will be celebrated nationwide. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) issued an office memorandum, stating, “To enable employees to participate in the celebrations, it has been decided that all Central Government Offices, Central Institutions, and Central Industrial Establishments throughout India will be closed for half a day until 14:30 hours on 22nd January, 2024.”.
In a much-anticipated event, the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony for the new idol of Ram Lalla in the Ram temple’s sanctum sanctorum is slated for Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be the chief guest, with over 7,000 invitations given to a distinguished guest list, including celebrities like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Amitabh Bachchan, and businessmen like Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani.
Additionally, 4,000 seers from across the country have been invited to partake in the ceremony. Enhanced security measures are being implemented in Ayodhya, with the deployment of anti-terrorist squad commandos from Uttar Pradesh at Lata Mangeshkar Chowk.
Mainpuri City is also on high alert in light of the upcoming Pran Pratishtha ceremony on January 22 and Republic Day on January 26. Prime Minister Modi is set to officiate the ceremonial installation of Shri Ram Lalla inside the temple’s sanctum sanctorum. According to Champat Rai, the general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, the Ram temple will open for public ‘darshan’ starting January 23.
By Yashasvi Raghav
