Ganga water, sand from Har-ki- Pauri, soil from Badrinath to be used in Ram temple’s foundation laying at Ayodhya

Haridwar: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) officials, accompanied by Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Nyas member Yugapurush Swami Paramanand Giri and governor Baby Rani Maurya, reached the Har-ki-Pauri ghat at Haridwar on Monday morning to collect Gangajal and sand from the riverbed to be taken to Ayodhya. These, along with soil from Badrinath and water from Alakananda river, will be used in laying the foundation of the Ram temple on August 5 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

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officials said.

VHP workers will carry the Badrinath soil and Alakananda water to Haridwar on July 28. On August 2, Yugapurush Paramanand Giri and a representative of the state government will carry all the items to Ayodhya, district VHP president Nitin Gautam said.

Meanwhile, the ash immersion ceremony of MP governor Lalji Tandon was also conducted in Haridwar on Monday. It was attended among others by governor Baby Rani Maurya as well as BJP leaders.


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