Ramanagara: A comprehensive project report is being prepared for the construction of a magnificent Rama Mandira at Ramdevara Hill in Ramanagara which has been announced by the State Government in the last Budget. A blueprint has been drawn up for the construction of a Rama Mandira in a 19-acre area on the same model as Ayodhya, and Rs. 50 Crore will be spent in the first phase.
There is an opportunity for construction work as 19 acres of land available in the Ramdevara Hill area and accordingly the team led by the famous Architect Yashasvini Sharma of Aesthetic Architects is preparing the design of the Rama Mandira.
Sources said that a proposal has also been prepared for the Finance Department regarding the grant and the nod of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is pending.
As the statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda was constructed at the International Airport in Devanahalli, the Government prepared construction of a Rama Mandira on Ramdevara Hill at an intensive pace. District In-charge Minister Dr. C. N. Ashwath Narayan has held three rounds of meeting with the District Officials in this regard. There was also a discussion about the donation or collection of necessary materials from the public for the construction of the Rama Mandira.
The Temple is being designed without harming the nature in Ramdevara Hill. Historians, Temple Architect Experts, Environmental and Wildlife Experts are also part of the design team. Yashasvini Sharma said that Minister A Narayan has held four or five meetings with our team.
In view of the fact that the announcement of the Rama Mandira will facilitate the creation of a vote bank by asserting Hindutva in the old Mysuru area. There has been a discussion about laying the foundation stone for the construction of the Rama Mandira in the second or third week of March before the schedule for the Assembly elections is announced. There is also thought of inviting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath or Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation stone of the Rama Mandira, and it has been learnt that plans have been made for a large Hindu Convention on the same occasion.
It is said that to give befitting response to those opposing the construction of Rama Mandira, the idol of Sugriva Pattabhirama was installed on the Hill of Ramdevara Betta already and the ancient mantapa was built by Nada Prabhu Kempegowda, and the local mythological and historical facts are also being collected by Archaeological Department Officers.
A tourist circuit has also been planned near the construction of the Rama Mandira at Ramdevara Hill. A tourist circuit will come on Kanakapura-Ramanagara-Channapatna-Magadi-Devanahalli-Chikkaballapura Route. Officials said that from Rama Mandira at Ramdevara Hill, Lakshmi Narasimha Temple at Savanadurga, Kempegowda’s birth place at Magadi, and Kempegowda’s Statue, Nandi Hill will be added to the tourist circuit.
According to the current plan, a grand Rama Mandira will be constructed along with the revival of the existing temple along with the mantapa built by Nada Prabhu Kempegowda. Along with this, Sri Rama Dwara, Rama Mandira Pavilion, Ashokavana, Sri Rama Patha Museum, and Jatayu Gallery are included in the construction project.
