In preparation for the construction of the Ram and Janaki idols that will be installed in the main temple complex of the Ram Mandir, which is still under construction, Nepal has sent two Shaligram stones to India's Ayodhya. Shaligram is a non-anthropomorphic representation of Lord Vishnu in Hinduism.
The Shaligrams, who can only be found on the banks of the Kali Gandaki River, which runs through the Myagdi and Mustang districts, are already traveling to Ayodhya via Janakpurto. Upon arrival, Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra will construct idols of Lord Ram and Sita.
The Janaki temple is working with the Nepali Congress leader and former deputy prime minister Bimalendra Nidhi, who is from Janakpur, the city where Sita was born, to provide the two stones from the Kali Gandaki River, where Shaligrams are common.
"Stones discovered in the Kaligandki River are well-known and extremely valuable worldwide. It is generally recognized that these stones represent Lord Vishnu. As Bhagwan Vishnu's avatar, Lord Ram, the stone from the Kali Gandaki River would be ideal for the creation of Ram Lala's murti (idol) in Ayodhya for the Ram Janma Bhumi Temple.
I was really involved and interested in this because Champat Rai, the general secretary of the trust (Ram Janma Bhoomi Teertha Kshetra), had asked it, Nidhi told ANI.
"I traveled to Ayodhya with my coworker Ram Tapeshwar Das, a priest at the Janaki Temple. We met with representatives of the Trust and other Ayodhya saints. The former deputy prime minister remarked, "It was decided that once the stones from Nepal's Kali Gandaki River became available, it would be excellent for them to create the Murti (Idol) of Ram Lala.
He said that two final stones, one weighing 18 tonnes and the other 16 tons, had been cleared for use in the idol's construction both technically and scientifically.
According to Nidhi, the two shilas will probably arrive in Ayodhya on February 1. Before arriving in Ayodhya on February 1, stone convoys will pass through the sacred Pipraun Girjasthan in Madhubani, Bihar, and halt for the night in two locations: Muzaffarpur and Gorakhpur.
According to the instructions of the Ram temple trust, the Nepali official stated that the Janaki temple would later send a bow to the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Using Nepali stones to carve the statues of Ram and Sita and a bow from Nepal, he claimed, would highlight the strong religious and cultural ties between the two nations. Ayodhya and Janakpur are significant historical sites.
The Sher Bahadur Deuba administration had given permission for the stones to be given to Ayodhya. According to legend, Sita, also known as Janaki, was the daughter of Nepalese monarch Janak.
