'Hanuman Ji Himself...': What Temple Trust Said About Monkey Entering Ram Mandir's Sanctum Sanctorum

In a “beautiful” incident at Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Temple in Ayodhya, a monkey entered the sanctum sanctorum on Tuesday evening and went near Lord Ram’s Utsav idol, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra said.

Taking to the microblogging site X, the temple trust shared the incident and said that through the southern gate, a monkey entered the sanctum sanctorum and went near the Utsav idol. Seeing this, the security personnel ran towards the monkey in a concern that it might drop the idol on the ground.

However, the post read, “…As soon as the policemen ran towards the monkey, the monkey ran calmly towards the northern gate. Since the gate was closed, he moved towards the east and passing through the crowd, went out through the eastern gate without causing any trouble to anyone. The security personnel say that for us it is as if Hanuman ji himself has come to see Ramlala.”

This comes a day after the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the grand Ayodhya temple took place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat among other dignitaries.

More than five lakh devotees thronged to the Ram Temple as it opened its gates to the public for the first time.

To manage the crowd, the Ayodhya district magistrate had deployed magistrates at eight places in the city, a statement issued by the Yogi Adityanath-led government said.

Information Director Shishir, in a statement, said “Today, five lakh devotees had a darshan of Ram Lalla.” The state government had said that the crowd seemed to go out of control several times but police personnel and officials immediately took control of the situation and got people in queues for the darshan.

The gates were opened to the public at 6 am and the last entry was at 10 pm.

The UP CM even did an aerial survey following which he posted on X saying, “Conducted an on-site inspection of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple complex in Shri Ayodhya Dham today. On this occasion, necessary guidelines were also given to officials concerned to ensure easy and convenient darshan of Lord Shri Ram Lalla for the revered seers and devotees, and to run all necessary arrangements smoothly.”

Adityanath also held a discussion with the Temple trust about the measures necessary for managing the huge number of devotees coming to the temple.

(With PTI Inputs)