Chhattisgarh

• 01 Jan 2024

Aromatic Rice for Ram Temple

Why in News?

Recently, Chhattisgarh dispatched aromatic rice to Ayodhya for the consecration ceremony in the Ram temple scheduled to be held on January 22.

Key Points

• 11 trucks carrying the rice consignment were flagged off by Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai for the "Ramji Bhog and Bhandara" in Ayodhya Ram temple for the occasion.
• A function was organized at Sri Ram Mandir by the ‘the rice millers association of Chhattisgarh’ to dispatch the rice consignment to Ayodhya Ram temple.
• The best variety of aromatic rice, RB Gold, produced in Chhattisgarh is offered for the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya.
• Chhattisgarh has a mythological link to Lord Ram. Chandkhuri on the outskirts of Raipur is believed to be the birthplace of Kaushalya Devi, mother of Lord Ram. There is a temple dedicated to Kaushalya Devi, the only such shrine in the world, in Chandkhuri.
• It is believed that Lord Ram have spent some days in Chhattisgarh during his 14-year-exile period, being developed by the state government as "Ram Gaman Path".
  • Under the ‘Ram Gaman Path’ project the Chhattisgarh government has identified and will develop 248 places in the state, where Lord Ram, his wife Devi Sita and brother Laxman lived during their exile period.