The Kerala temple, located on the Sulthan Bathery-Mysore Road, which, according to BJP sources, is closely connected to the Ramayana.
Published Jan 19, 2024 | 12:05 PM ⚊ Updated Jan 19, 2024 | 12:05 PM
Ponkuzhi Sree Rama Temple in Wayanad. (Kerala tourism website)
The BJP-led NDA is planning to celebrate the Ram Temple consecration ceremony, being organised in Ayodhya, grandly in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, represented by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar will join NDA leaders at a Lord Ram Temple in the hill district to attend the ceremony being organised in Ayodhya, which will be telecast live on 22 January, party sources said in Wayanad on Friday, 19 January.
They will watch the live telecast of the Ayodhya ceremony at the Ponkuzhi Sree Rama Temple. According to Hindu mythology, the tears of Sita formed the temple pond.
Besides Javadekar and local BJP leaders, the event will be attended by NDA state convener Thushar Vellappally, a BJP source told PTI.
Vellappally, son of Ezhava community leader and SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan, was the NDA candidate in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency when Gandhi contested the 2019 election.
He is the leader of the Bharat Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), a BJP ally in Kerala.
BJP sources highlighted the significance of the event being held at the Kerala temple, located on the Sulthan Bathery-Mysuru Road, which, according to them, is closely connected to the Ramayana.
The event, organised in Gandhi’s constituency, is also intended to send a nationwide message to the Congress party and its leadership, who have rejected an invitation to attend the temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, according to sources.
The temple is located in a calm and peaceful area near the banks of the Ponkuzhi river, approximately 4 km from the Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary.
The primary deities worshipped at this temple are Lord Ram, Goddess Sita, Lord Lakshman and Lord Hanuman.
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