Ayodhya Ram Mandir: A Journey Through Time

The original design for Ram Mandir was devised in 1988 by the Sompura family of Ahmedabad.[2] The Sompuras have contributed to the design of over 100 temples worldwide for at least 15 generations, including the Somnath temple.[37] The chief architect of the temple was Chandrakant Sompura, assisted by his two sons, Nikhil Sompura and Ashish Sompura, who are also architects.[38]
A new design, with some changes from the original, was prepared by the Sompuras in 2020,[38] per the Hindu texts, the Vastu shastra and the Shilpa shastras.[39] The temple will be 235 feet (72 m) wide, 360 feet (110 m) long and 161 feet (49 m) high. Once complete, the temple complex will be the world's third largest Hindu temple.[38] It is designed in the Gurjara-Chaulukya style of Nagara style architecture, a type of Hindu temple architecture found primarily in northern India.[37] A model of the proposed temple was showcased during the Prayag Kumbh Mela in 2019.[40]
The temple's main structure will be built on a raised platform with three storeys. It will have five mandapas in the middle of the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) and on the entrance passage. Three mandapas on one side shall be of Kudu, Nritya and Rang, and the two mandapas on the other side will be of Kirtan and Prarthana. In Nagara style, the mandapas are to be decorated with shikhara.[41][42]
The building will have a total of 366 columns. The columns will have 16 idols each to include the incarnations of Shiva, the 10 Dashavataras, the 64 Chausath Yoginis, and the 12 incarnations of the goddess Saraswati. The width of the stairs will be 16 feet (4.9 m). Per scriptures dedicated to the design of temples dedicated to Vishnu, the sanctum sanctorum will be octagonal.[39] The temple will be built in 10 acres (0.040 km2), and 57 acres (0.23 km2) of land will be developed into a complex with a prayer hall, a lecture hall, an educational facility and other facilities including a museum and a cafeteria.[26] According to the temple committee, over 70,000 people will be able to visit the site.[43] Larsen & Toubro offered to oversee the design and construction of the temple free of cost, and became the contractor of the project.[44][45] The Central Building Research Institute, National Geophysical Research Institute and the Bombay, Guwahati and Madras IITs are assisting in areas such as soil testing, concrete and design.[46][47]
The construction work will be accomplished with 600,000 cu ft (17,000 m3) of sandstone from Baansi in Rajasthan.[39] There will be no use of iron in the construction of the temple, and the fusing of the stone blocks will require ten thousand copper plates.[48] In a culturally significant move, Thailand is also symbolically contributing to the inauguration of the Ram Mandir, by sending soil to the Ram Janmabhoomi, building on their prior gesture of sending water from two rivers in Thailand to honour the temple.[49]
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