Ram temple to open to public in 2023, work to finish in 2024

The sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will open for devotees by the end of 2023.

Construction work on the entire 70-acre plot will be completed by the end of 2025, said office-bearers of the trust overseeing the project.

Champat Rai, general secretary of the trust, said, "By the end of 2023, the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple will be opened for devotees to offer prayers to Ram Lalla."

The announcement came after a two-day meeting of the 15-member Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust with engineers and architects. The meeting was chaired by trust chief Nripendra Misra.