According to state government officials, between 2.5 and 3 lakh devotees prayed to Ram Lalla on Tuesday at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, and an equal number of devotees are waiting for the darshan. Senior Uttar Pradesh government officials were on hand inside the Ram Temple in Ayodhya due to the large influx of devotees.Their role was to oversee the orderly movement of the devotees. Prashant Kumar, the Special DG (Law and Order) for Uttar Pradesh, and the Principal Secretary (Home) were inside the “Garbha Griha” keeping an eye on things. Following the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony on January 22, the Ram Temple was opened to the public on Tuesday.
According to officials, more than 8,000 security personnel are present to control the situation.
Since early morning, devotees have arrived at the temple to offer prayers.
“We are very pleased. We are touched even more to come to terms with the fact that we are going to have ‘darshan’ of the Ram Lalla,” said Tejender Singh, a devotee from Chandigarh.
On the huge crowd gathered at the gates of the temple, he said, “Lakhs of people will have the darshan of Lord Ram. So it is bound to be crowded.”
Another devotee said that he had come all the way from Odisha to have the darshan of Lord Ram at Ayodhya.