108-foot-long incense stick lit at Ayodhya as Ram Mandir approaches consecration
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- The 'pran pratishtha' of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will take place on January 22.
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A 108-foot-long incense stick, brought from Gujarat, was lit by Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust's Mahant Nritya Gopal Das on Tuesday in Ayodhya ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir, scheduled for January 22. (PTI)
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Mahant Nritya Gopal Das lit the incense stick brought from Vadodara in Gujarat amid a huge crowd chanting "Jai Shri Ram." (PTI)
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The fragrance from the incense stick will reach a distance of 50 km, it has been claimed. (PTI)
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The incense stick, weighing 3,610 kg and measuring around three-and-a-half feet in width, was brought to this Uttar Pradesh town from Gujarat's Vadodara. (PTI)
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The incense stick was prepared using cow dung, ghee, essence, flower extracts, and herbs. Once lit, it is expected to last for about a month and a half. (PTI)
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The consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya is scheduled to be held on January 22. (PTI)
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