How Sangh Parivar plans to keep Ram Temple buzz going after inauguration

The Sangh Parivar is going all out to see that more than one lakh people from 28 states and eight Union Territories (UTs) board 44 special trains to reach Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh between January 27 and February 22 to visit the Ram Temple.

The Sangh Parivar is set to organise a guided tour of the Ayodhya Temple for these people from across the country as part of its bid to ensure that the Temple fervour does not die down after the grand Ram Lalla consecration ceremony scheduled for January 22.

Sangh sources said one lakh pilgrims would include those who have contributed to the construction of the Temple in various ways over the years, ranging from participation in the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi campaign to making financial donation for the Temple.

“VHP owes this responsibility to the people and their families who have sacrificed or made any contribution to the building of the Temple. These include karsevaks, those who were part of the rath yatra, those who organised functions in support of the movement in various parts of the country and those who made significant financial contribution towards Ram Mandir Nidhi (during the donation collection drive for the construction of the Temple) among others,” VHP president Alok Kumar told The Indian Express.

Sources said these tours would not only keep the “Ram Temple light burning in the national consciousness” after the January 22 ceremony, but would also be an “expression of gratitude” towards those who contributed in their own ways to the building of the Temple but could not be invited to the consecration event in Ayodhya.

For this, the VHP has already fanned out its workers across the country who have been assigned the responsibility to identify such invitees and to arrange their