“‘All Hindus should unite to celebrate Ramotsav, do not fall for rumors’: Sringeri Math Shankaracharya tells ahead of Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha”, Opindia, January 16, 2024:

“On Monday (15th January), citing the occasion of the Hindu festival of Makar Sankranti, Sringeri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Mahaswamiji released a video asking the Hindu citizens to worship Lord Ram on 22nd January. Sringeri Shankaracharya stated that as the Pran Pratishtha ceremony will take place in Ayodhya on 22nd January, all the devotees shall recite Lord Ram’s name (Ram naam) and seek blessings of Shri Ram.

“This is the moment for which Hindus have struggled for the last 500 years. Everybody is happy and satisfied as the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha is taking place in Ayodhya on 22nd January. We all have to unitedly participate in the event and seek blessings of Lord Ram,” he said.

He also stated that Shringeri has a special connection to Shri Ram’s birthplace at Ayodhya and that Maharshi Rushya Shringa of Shringeri was approached by King Dashrath for Mahayagya before the birth of Lord Ram. “It is due to this yagya that Lord Ram took birth on this Earth. So there is a special connection between Shringeri and Ayodhya,” he added…..”

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