Ayodhya witnessed a heavy rush of devotees on Tuesday, a day after the consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla, with nearly five lakh people paying obeisance at the temple on the first day of general darshan.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conducted an aerial survey of the temple alongside Principal Secretary Home and DG Prashant Kumar. The chief minister instructed officials to prioritize crowd management and security measures, reports said.
“Till afternoon, 2.5 to 3 lakh devotees have paid obeisance in the temple and a similar number of them are remaining,” Director, Information, Shishir said. Over 8,000 policemen have been deployed to ensure smooth darshan for devotees.
Special DG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar and Principal Secretary (Home) Sanjay Prasad are inside the temple and overseeing the arrangements.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Chief Priest, Acharya Satyendra Das assured all the devotees who have come to offer prayers at the Ram Temple that they will be able to take darshan of Ram Lalla but have asked them to remain patient. This comes after security and crows management officials at the temple had a hard time earlier today controlling a massive crowd of pilgrims.
“I assure all devotees that they will be able to take darshan of Ram Lalla. The darshan has been going on continuously. I appeal to the devotees to remain patient” he added. According to reports, around 2-3 lakh people have so far visited the temple and as many as waiting outside. Some have been there in the queue since Monday night.
