“The question that arises is that if the new idol will be consecrated then will happen to Shri Ram Lalla Virajman?” In correspondence with the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, the Shankaracharya has made a request.
Jyotirmath Shankaracharya Swami Shri Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati has ignited a fresh dispute regarding the great ceremonial, with the Pran Pratishtha just two days away.
He protested about the Pran Pratishtha of a new idol of Shri Ram in a letter to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. The original idol of Shri Ram Lalla was found at the Ram Janmabhoomi in 1949.
Notably, the trust already provided clarification on this matter about a year ago. The uproar over Shankaracharya’s refusal to attend the Pran Pratishtha has hardly subsided at the time of this dispute.
“The question that arises is that if the new idol will be consecrated then what will happen to Shri Ram Lalla Virajman?” reads the letter submitted by the Shankaracharya. The installation of a new idol in the sanctum sanctorum for consecration has prompted questions about whether it will be disrespectful to Shri Ram Lalla Virajman, although up until now the devotees believed that the new temple was being built for him.
The only idol that should be dedicated, according to his petition to the trust, is that of Shri Ram Lalla Virajman; “otherwise, it will be considered injustice to Shri Ram Lalla Virajman.”
The letter also asks Chandrakant Sompura, the chief architect of Ram Mandir, why he permitted Pran Pratishtha to use the temple when it is still under construction.