Fund-raising drive for Ram Mandir begins as President Kovind make contribution of Rs 5 lakh!

New Delhi, Jan 15: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has begun a nationwide fundraising campaign for the construction of Ram Mandir in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. President Ramnath Kovind on Friday donated Rs 5 lakh as a contribution towards the construction. It should be noted that Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has said that it will take financial aid only from Lord Rama followers and will not use government money to construct the grand temple.

 

 

A VHP delegation including its International Working President Alok Kumar, RSS leader Kulbhushan Ahuja, the treasurer of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Trust Govind Dev Giri, and temple construction committee head Nripendra Mishra called on the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning.

 

Speaking about the donation from President Kovind, Alok Kumar said, "He is the first citizen of the country. So we went to him to initiate this drive and he met us with his family and donated a sum of Rs 5,00,100 and gave his good wishes for the success of the mission."

 

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Sangh Parivar's nominated representatives are to collect funds from the city and villages. For this, 10 lakh teams have been made across the country. There will be four to five workers in a team. The campaign will run across the country simultaneously from 15 January to 27 February. For this campaign, lakhs of VHP activists have decided to give full time for 44 days, the statement read.

 

About the online donations, The devotees can also transfer funds directly to the designated bank account of SBI, Bank of Baroda and PNB, receipts online equipped. After the approval of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), Indians living abroad can also support the construction of the temple. The receipts will however be received online. The rest details are made available on the website of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust.

 

Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also donated Rs 1 lakh as a contribution to the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

 

According to the trust, the temple will be built by adhering to the country's ancient and traditional construction techniques. It will also be built in a manner to sustain earthquakes, storms, and other natural calamities. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also accelerated the process of construction of the temple by worshiping and performing Bhoomi Pujan in Ayodhya on 5 August.