8 April 2026
*Day 5 & 6* Destination Ayodhya finally!
The anticipation built up on us.
We reached our Hotel Panchasheel in the afternoon on Day 5. After lunch and a nap we gathered in the auditorium for the second session of Valmiki Ramayan by Parth Bawaskar and Geet Ramayan by Mugdha. Most appropriately she sang राम जन्मला गं सखी राम जन्मला ! and पराधीन आहे जगती पुत्र मानावाचा and other songs. The audience joint in clapping and singing. Such is the magic of Geet Ramayan. Listening to Mugdha sing in Ram nagari was an absolutely दुग्धशर्करा योग !
Parth enthralled the audience with his निरूपण. He busted some myths about the much fantasised सीता स्वयंवर and लक्ष्मण रेखा. I felt very inspired to start studying Valmiki Ramayan. I have been doing पारायण of RamCharitManas for last 4 yrs and these very scenes are poetically elaborated and much dwelled on by Goswami Tulsidas. It sparked a curiosity in me and I must thank Parth for it !
We had dinner and went off to Bed as we were to rise early next day. We were looking forward to see Ram Lalla.
*Day 6*
We were all bathed and dressed in our best to meet our most adored Ram Lalla. There you see us all gleaming.
The beautiful Paithani stole is a complimentary gift from Shabdamrut Paryatan. We proudly wore it to the Ram Janmabhoomi.
We were well directed to take nothing but our phone to the mandir that too we handed them over to our tour managers once we reached the entrance waiting rooms.
The lines were fast moving and not a bother. Everything was new, well kept and disciplined. Wheelchair facility and separate line was available for them.
Chanting his name and Ram Raksha in the line we walked into the mandir. Mesmerised by the beauty and grandeur of the mandir. There he was the young lad with shiny dark skin working his jadoo on us. We could see him along the line inside the mandir as the garbha gruha is open. I stood right in front of him, “Rama my eyesight is dim but I am filling you in my heart”. The Darshan was unhurried and then we were told to move ahead.
I went out and sat on the wall to absorb the magnetic power of Ram janmabhoomi and Ram Lalla.
I offered my gratitude to the innumerable Car sevaks and everyone involved in making this mandir possible. It has been a legal battle of 500 yrs. Prabhu Shree Ram went through 14yrs of exile in his lifetime and 500 years of this legal battle in this Kaliyug!
I observed that in North India this is the common story of old mandirs which were destroyed by Muslim invaders and Masjids build in their place. In Quran does it not say that places of faith of other religions must not be used for namaz ! How are such masjids even valid ? We must reclaim everything that is ours. Praying to Shree Ram to give us strength to make it possible 🙏🏽
It had drizzled a bit and the weather was pleasant. It felt like Ram Lalla has showered his special ashirwad on me ❣️
Captured the प्रसन्नता serenity on my face after Darshan.
A feeling to be treasured till I live
After Ram Lalla we went to the mahal of Chakravarti Maharaj Dashrath. It was first built in Treta yug and has been renovated several times since. To be in a place as old as this gives you goosebumps and pinches your conscience having grown up calling Ramayan mythology. This is what the British education system has done to generations in Bharat. These very places are markers of our history!
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