Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to preside over the long-awaited Dhwajarohan ceremony at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple on November 25.
Scheduled for the auspicious Abhijit Muhurat around noon on this Vivah Panchami, the divine wedding anniversary of Lord Ram and Sita, the event will culminate with the Prime Minister activating an automated hoist to raise the resplendent saffron Dharma Dhwaj atop the temple’s towering 191-foot shikhara, heralding the official completion of the monumental structure.
PM Modi’s visit, his first to Ayodhya in 22 months since the January 2024 pran pratishtha, arrives amid a week of fervent pre-rituals that began on November 20 with a majestic Kalash Yatra, where 551 urns brimming with sanctified Sarayu waters were paraded to infuse the site with divine energy.
The Prime Minister’s itinerary includes darshan and pooja at the Ram Darbar and Garbh Griha, where the child form of Ram Lalla resides, before the flag elevation at midday. ‘This is a moment of profound fortune to witness and partake in the worship at this divine abode,’ PM Modi shared in a pre-dawn X post, underscoring the ceremony’s role as a beacon of national unity and cultural revival.
The Dharma Dhwaj itself, a masterwork of tradition, bears intricate embroidery of the Sun, the eternal Om, and Kovidara motifs from Ramayana lore, designed to flutter as an eternal guardian of righteousness.
Jointly unfurled by PM Modi and RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, the rite will draw from Vedic incantations led by 108 acharyas spanning Ayodhya, Kashi, and southern lineages, under the scholarly gaze of Ganeshwar Shastri.
Over 30 ancient Ramayana trees, preserved within the 360-by-235-foot pink sandstone expanse, are a mix of antiquity and solar-powered smart city innovations.
Among the 6,000 to 10,000 vetted guests are Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Governor Anandiben Patel, and a constellation of figures including industrialists, saints, and kar sevaks whose unyielding resolve birthed the temple from decades of struggle.
Security arrangements include multi-tiered grids, drone patrols, access silos, and suspended public darshan until 2:30 p.m. Devotees would have a clear view via 30 colossal LED screens and live streams.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in a recent high-level huddle, envisioned the Dhwajarohan as Ayodhya’s ‘golden inscription in history,’ fueling a tourism boom that now claims 1.5% of Uttar Pradesh’s GSDP and eyes a trillion-dollar horizon through metro veins, eco-drains, and heritage hubs.
Post-ceremony, PM Modi is slated to tour satellite shrines to sages Vashishtha, Valmiki, and Lord Ram’s devotees Shabari and Nishadraj.