Ayodhya : For the 45 community kitchens the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust intends to operate in Ayodhya to serve free food to about 25,000 devotees every day from January to mid-March, large quantities of food grains and other necessities have begun to arrive.
People all over the nation who are devotees are sending these items. At Ramsevakpuram, all of the necessary items that have been received are being stored.
By the end of this month, the community kitchens will be operational, and on January 23, the day following the consecration ceremony, the Ram temple will open for devotees. The Trust anticipates that between two and four lakh people will visit Ayodhya daily after this.
Following the Trust’s October appeal for donations of flour, wheat, pulses, mustard oil, spices, and medications to be used for pilgrims traveling to Ayodhya for the Ram temple’s opening ceremony, these supplies began to pour in.
The Trust reports that it has received rice from various regions of Uttar Pradesh, sugar from Kanpur and Gonda, tea and spices from Assam and South India, and rice from Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.
By December 20, about 3000 volunteers from the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad will arrive in Ayodhya, where they will be assigned duties for the consecration ceremony’s events.
Sharad Sharma, regional spokesperson, VHP, said, “Devotees from all across the country are sending food grains, tea, spices and other items to the Trust by their own resources. They are being stored at Karsevakpuram and Ramsevakpuram.”
According to Diwakar, in charge of the storage facility at Ramsevakpuram and Karsevakpuram, around 500 VHP cadre will be engaged to run community kitchens.
The Trust is also receiving requests from all over the country from people seeking permission to run community kitchens and other services for devotees who will turn up in Ayodhya.
“The Trust will run 45 community kitchens to serve free food to devotees who will turn up in Ayodhya after the opening ceremony of Ram Mandir,” Sharma added.
In his appeal, Champat Rai, general secretary of the Trust, had stated that from January 15 to February 25, around 50 lakh devotees are expected to turn up in Ayodhya.
The Maharishi Sandipani Ram Dharam Gaushala in Jodhpur has donated ghee for the grand opening ceremony of Ram Mandir.
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