Ayodhya Ram Temple to be built using stones

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 20

The proposed Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be made of stones only. Iron will not be used in the construction and copper, which is durable and lasts more than 1,000 years, will support 12,000 pillars.

“The temple building has been planned with a view to ensuring a shelf-life (durability) of minimum of 1,000 years,” Champat Rai, general secretary of “Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Terath Kshetra Trust” said.

“Using only stones, it will be built in such a manner that decay due to air, sun and water will not happen and temple will last at least 1,000 years.”

Larsen and Toubro Limited, an Indian manufacturing and engineering conglomerate, is broadly looking after the construction of temple.

While IIT-Chennai has been consulted for testing soil strength, the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkie, is providing help to make sure the building is earthquake-resistant. Rai said around 10,000 copper rods would be used for the temple construction. He said the time-frame for the temple construction was 36-40 months.