Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday announced that Gohana intersection in Panipat will be named Shri Ram Chowk and Railway Road intersection as Maharishi Valmiki Chowk. This announcement has been made on the eve of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the idol of Ram Lalla in the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
According to PTI, while addressing a gathering during a ‘Shobha Yatra’ in Panipat, Chief Minister Khattar said that today the whole world is expressing faith in Lord Ram in one voice. In the last 10 years, the trend of good governance has increased and the concept of ‘Ram Rajya’ is now prevalent in the entire country. He said, “We are following the ideals of Lord Ram.”
He urged people to watch the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony online and on TV and celebrate the day like Diwali.
Singer Kailash Kher was also present in the program.
Speaking to reporters in Kurukshetra, Khattar said that the Ayodhya Ram temple consecration ceremony on Monday will be celebrated like Diwali festival across the country. Referring to the construction of Ram temple and ‘Pran Pratishtha’, he said the wishes of crores of people across the country and the world will be fulfilled as “the long wait of 500 years will end”.
He said that to facilitate the pilgrims to visit the Ram temple, a special train will be run from the state to Ayodhya next month. He told reporters here after inaugurating a training camp for municipal councilors in Kurukshetra that the train will be run on February 8 and 9.