Chief priest's complaint about water flow in Ayodhya's Ram temple and lack of drainage in the temple

Priests of the Ram temple in Ayodhya have complained of water seeping, following the recent pre-monsoon rains in the city. Temple priests have also complained about the lack of drainage system in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, making the deity's bath ritual a difficult task.

Confirmation of reports of leakage from some part of temple earlier garbh greha The chief priest of the temple, Mahant Satyendra Das, said Hindu That when the priests arrived at the temple after the weekend rains, they found it flooded with rainwater.

“We cleaned it. The leak was in the area where the devotees stand. We are concerned that if it rains during the day, the devotees will be affected. The matter was taken up with the temple construction committee and they has assured us that the water leakage problem will be fixed in a couple of days,” he said.

Talking about the non-availability of drainage in the sanctum sanctorum, Mr. Das said the temple committee – Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra (SRJTK) – built a huge structure with beautiful art but failed to understand the basic needs of the temple. I failed.

He said that there is no drainage available inside the sanctum sanctorum which has made it difficult to bathe the deity with milk and water. Priests are spending a lot of time cleaning the sanctuary. This happened because the temple construction committee never consulted the priests on how to construct the temple,” he added.

He added that the committee should have visited some temples and talked to the priests.

Commenting on the issues raised by SRJTK chairman Mr. Das, Naripendra Mishra, who was in Ayodhya on Monday, said he saw rainwater dripping from the first floor of the temple. This was to be expected because Guru Mandap It is before the sky, he said.

With the construction and completion of the second floor Shekhar (Tower), this opening will be covered. I also noticed some leakage from the drain as work is going on on the first floor. On completion, the drain will be closed,'' Mr. Misra said.

He said that all Mandap The slope has been measured for water purification and the water in the sanctum sanctorum is manually absorbed.

“There are no design or construction issues. Given Mandap Those that are open can get rainwater, a matter that was debated but the decision was to keep it open as per urban architectural norms,” he said.