On Wednesday, the idols will be placed on a 9.5-kg silver throne made by artisans from Rajasthan’s Jaipur, Pune Mirror has reported.

Ayodhya: Priests have started the rituals of shifting the Ram Lalla idol here on Monday to a temporary new location clearing the site to allow construction of a Ram temple.

The deity and two other idols will be shifted to a temporary structure nearby till the planned construction of a Ram temple is completed on the site, allotted by the Supreme Court in a landmark verdict in November.

Amid restrictions forced upon the organisers by the coronavirus scare, the special prayers have begun. The puja will continue on Tuesday and the idols will be shifted to the new structure, a silver throne, on Wednesday morning.

The prayers on Monday were held in the presence of Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust members Bimlendra Mishra and Anil Mishra. On Wednesday, the idols will be placed on a 9.5-kg silver throne made by artisans from Rajasthan’s Jaipur.

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