Shaligram Stones From Nepal Reach Ayodhya, Likely To Be Used For Ram’s Idol

Two rare rocks, Shaligrams, from which the idol of Lord Ram would be carved out to be placed on the sanctorum of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, were brought from Nepal on Thursday, February 2. 

The priests of the temple garlanded the rock and offered holy rituals before handing the same over to the Ram Janbabhumi Trust.

"These Shaligram rocks, which are 60 million years old, will reach Ayodhya from Nepal on two different trucks. One rock weighs 26 tonnes and the other weighs 14 tonnes," according to Prakash Gupta, office in-charge of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.