Ram Navami 2024: First visual of Surya Tilak on Ram Lalla idol surfaces — Watch video
Summary
The forehead of the Ram Lalla idol at Ram Temple in Ayodhya was illuminated at noon on April 17. Read on to watch the video of the landmark spectacle.
At noon, on the occasion of Ram Navami on April 17, the Sun’s rays illuminated the forehead of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. The ‘Surya tilak’ on the deity’s forehead was made possible by an elaborate mechanism involving mirrors and lenses. This is the first Ram Navami since the consecration of the idol of Lord Ram at the Ram temple, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22.
The system was tested by scientists on Tuesday. “The basic objective of the Surya Tilak project is to focus a ’tilak’ on the forehead of Shri Ram idol on every Shri Ram Navami day. Under the project, sunlight will be brought on the forehead of Lord Ram at noon on Shri Ram Navami in the Chaitra month every year,” Dr S K Panigrahi, scientist at CSIR-CBRI Roorkee, who was associated with the project told PTI.
The first video of the historic occassion went viral on social media. Watch it below:
भगवान रामलला का सूर्य तिलक.. 🙏🏻#RamNavami #RamLala #AyodhyaRamMandir #suryatilak pic.twitter.com/jDGEqLCjwt
— शुभम कौशिक (‘मोदी का परिवार’) (@SK_BJYM) April 17, 2024
He added, “The position of the Sun changes every year on the day of Shri Ram Navami. Detailed calculations show that the date of Shri Ram Navami repeats every 19 years.” According to a senior scientist of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, the planned tilak size is 58 mm. The exact period of tilak on the forehead centre is about three to three-and-a-half minutes, with two minutes of full illumination, he said.
Meanwhile, a member of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Anil Mishra, told PTI, “During the Surya tilak, devotees will be allowed inside the Ram temple. Around 100 LEDs are being put up by the temple trust, and 50 by the government, which will show the Ram Navami celebrations. People will be able to see the celebrations from where they are present.”
Sharing his personal experience in installing this unique mechanism, Dr D P Kanungo, chief scientist at CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee said, “This is meticulously planned, designed and implemented to achieve utmost accuracy.” This will be a testament to our scientific acumen and indigenous technological development to showcase before our countrymen who have all the faith in and support to our scientific community, he said.
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