Ayodhya Ram Mandir: ISRO Shows Ram Temple From Space Using India's Indigenous Satellites
India's very own indigenous satellites have provided a glimpse of the Ram temple from space.?
As Indians and devotees all around the world wait with bated breath, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has given India its first darshan, before the consecration.?
Ram temple site, Sarayu river & Dashrath Mahal seen in ISRO satellite images?
The Indian Remote Sensing series of satellites show the 2.7-acre Ram Temple site, including an enlarged view of the same.?
The satellite images clearly show the Dashrath Mahal, Sarayu River and the newly renovated Ayodhya railway station.?
The pictures of the under construction temple were captured about a month ago, on December 2023.?
However, since then, no further updated satellite images have been possible due to the dense fog over Ayodhya which has made it difficult to get a clear view.?
Not the first time ISRO has captured images of the Ram temple?
In 2021, ISRO's satellite imagery showed the changes that the Ram temple site went through as the temple was being constructed.?
The picture below shows the Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya before the foundation work was laid:
The following picture shows the Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya after the foundation work was laid:?
How Indian satellites helped in construction of Ram temple itself?
After the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, 40 feet of debris was covering the spot where Ram Lalla is believed to have been born, according to?Alok Sharma, International working President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, is closely involved with the Ram Temple project, as told to NDTV.?
To know the precise location where the new idol would be placed, constructors from Larsen & Toubro used the Differential Global Positioning System (GPS)-based coordinates.?
Apart from this, precise location signals were also used from India's own navigation system, 'Navigation with Indian Constellation' or the NavIC satellite constellation.?
Ram Mandir consecration: When and Where to watch?
The Ram Mandir consecration time at Ayodhya is 11 am.?The ceremony will be telecasted live from the Ram temple in Ayodhya between 11 am and 1 pm.?
Viewers can watch the live telecast on DD National, which has installed 40 cameras in Ayodhya, including the Ram temple complex, for live coverage in 4K technology.
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