‘Emotional Moment…’: PM Modi watches Surya Tilak Ceremony

April 17, 2024

Nalbari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Assam for an election campaign where after the rally, PM watched Surya Tilak Ceremony. During his rally, amid chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to switch on the flashlights of their mobile phones as the ‘Surya Tilak’ ritual of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya was being performed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who watched the Surya Tilak ceremony called it an emotional moment for him. He wished that may this ceremony would bring energy to the lives and inspire people to scale new heights.

In a post on X, PM Modi said, “After my Nalbari rally, I watched the Surya Tilak on Ram Lalla. Like crores of Indians, this is a very emotional moment for me. The grand Ram Navami in Ayodhya is historic. May this Surya Tilak bring energy to our lives and may it inspire our nation to scale new heights of glory.”

Surya Tilak Ceremony

The Ram Temple in Ayodhya witnessed the unique event at noon as the forehead of the Ram Lalla idol was anointed with a ray of sunlight, known as ‘Surya Tilak’ on the occasion of Ram Navami today.

The ‘Surya Tilak’ of Ram Lalla was done through an elaborate system connected with mirrors and lenses in the Ram Temple. The temple trust had commissioned a team of scientists to make this occasion possible.

Using scientific expertise, a beam of light illuminated Ram Lala’s forehead. To achieve this phenomenon, sunlight was precisely directed onto the statue’s forehead using a combination of mirrors and lenses.

This was carried out precisely at 12 noon for about three minutes.

The moment of the ‘Surya Tilak’ had devotees in raptures as chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ were heard across Ayodhya and even in temples across the country. Devotees broke out into song and dance outside the Ram Janambhoomi Mandir. This is the first Ram Navami after the Pran Pratishtha of the idol of Lord Ram by PM Modi on January 22 in Ayodhya.