Ayodhya Ram Mandir: Expected Questions In Competitive Examinations

The consecration of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya on January 22 will go down as a watershed event in the history of India.

A decade-long wait for a temple at Ayodhya was fulfilled on the day and given the significance of the event, students can expect to get questions on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir and the event in competitive examinations.

Expected questions on Ayodhya Ram Mandir

The following cover all the important details of the mandir and the significance of the event:

Q1. The Ayodhya Ram temple has been constructed in which style?

Ans. The Ayodhya Ram temple has been constructed in the nagara style.

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Q2. What are the important features of the Nagara style of temple?

Ans. A N¨¡gara temple typically stands on an elevated platform known as jagati, topped by a smaller platform called pitha.

Above this, there is a further elevated platform called adhisthana, serving as the foundation for the temple's superstructure.

Other integral elements of a N¨¡gara temple include bhadra, sirsa, amalaka, bijapuraka, and rathika.

Q3. What are the different types of temple architecture in India?

Ans. There are three major styles of temple architecture in India, Nagara, Dravida and Vesara.

The Nagara architectural style emerged in the region situated between the Himalayas and the Vindhyas, evolving locally in the northern parts of India. Dravidian style of temple architecture developed in Southern India.

Unlike the Nagara style where the temple towers - called shikharas - usually curving inwards as they rise, the Dravidian architecture uses shorter and more pyramidal towers, called vimana, over the garbhagriha or sanctuary.

The Vesara type of temple architecture adopted from both in variety of ways.

Q4. Name some important Nagara style temples in India.

Ans. Some of the important temples in India built in the Nagara style are Khajuraho Temple, Jagannath temple, Konark Temple, Parsvanatha Temple, Kandariya Mahadev Temple and Visvanatha Temple.

Kandariya Mahadev temple/ Google

Q5. Who sculpted the Ram lalla idol at Ayodhya?

Ans. The Ram lalla idol at Ayodhya was sculpted by Arun Yogiraj from Karnataka.

Karnataka Sculptor Arun Yogiraj/ Image: X

Q6. The Ram Mandir at Ayodhya was built after a disputed court case. How long did the legal battle persist in court?

Ans. The Ram temple issue remained unresolved in the courts for 134 years.

The case first lingered in the Allahabad High Court for 23 years, while the dispute persisted for 102 years in the District Court of Faizabad. Additionally, the Supreme Court dedicated nine years to hearing arguments on the Ram Temple dispute. Originating in 1885, Mahant Raghubar Das initially filed the case in the Faizabad Sub Judge¡¯s court.

Q7. Who designed the Ram temple at Ayodhya?

Ans. Ahmedabad resident Chandrakant Sompura and his son Ashish Sompura designed the Ram Temple, while the architecture of the temple was executed by Larsen & Toubro, an engineering and construction company.

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