Jatayu statue installed at Ayodhya temple complex

Ayodhya: In the Ram Janmabhoomi compound in Ayodhya, a bronze idol of "Jatayu" has been placed in the famous "Kuber Tila."

On January 22, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is anticipated to pay his respects to the idol before presiding over the consecration ceremony.

The mythological vulture Jatayu is said to have played a crucial role in the Ramayana.

Treasurer of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Trust, Govind Devagiri, said that the Prime Minister will first go to the Ram temple to offer flowers on the statue of Jatayu and then will consecrate the idol of Ram Lalla.

While Jatayu had sacrificed his life in devotion to Lord Rama and Sita during the Treta Yug, his statue symbolises the struggles and sacrifices of lakhs of devotees associated with the struggle at Ram temple in Kalyug, said Giri.

Trust member Anil Mishra said a mountain of 5-foot-high stones has been prepared to install this statue.

Meanwhile, the ancient Shiv temple located on 'Kuber Tila' is also being renovated by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, said trust member Anil Mishra.

‘Kuber Tila’, a mountain on the premises of Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, has been a silent witness to the freedom movement of the country.

Baba Ram Sharan Das, a seer of Hanumangarhi temple of Ayodhya, and Maulvi Ameer Ali, a cleric of Faizabad, were hanged together with one rope on a tamarind tree at Kuber Tila on March 18, 1858, after the British suppressed the revolt of 1857.

With inputs from IANS