Consecration of the Ram Mandir

Rāma Maṁdira Prāṇa Pratiṣṭhā
	Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Shree Ram Janmaboomi Temple
Date	22 January 2024
Time	12:15 PM to 12:45 PM IST
Duration	30 minutes
Venue	Ram Janmbhoomi
Location	Ram Mandir, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh
Type	Religious; Consecration;
Organised by	Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra
Filmed by	Doordarshan
Participants	Narendra Modi; (Prime Minister of India); Yogi Adityanath; (Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh); Mohan Bhagwat; (Chief of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh); Anandiben Patel; (Governor of Uttar Pradesh);

The Prana pratishtha (consecration) ceremony of the Ram Mandir (ISO: Rāma Maṁdira Prāṇa Pratiṣṭhā) was held on 22 January 2024, in a traditional sacred ceremony, wherein priests recited mantras invoking the God Rama. The prana pratishtha ceremony, that is considered to bring a presence of divinity, is an essential ritual before the inauguration of a Hindu temple. The ceremony involved the pran pratishtha of the primary temple deity, Ram Lalla (childhood form of Rama), also known as Balak Ram, and subsequent opening of the temple for visitors.

The temple stands in the city of Ayodhya, which has also been a disputed site of the 16th-century Babri mosque which was destroyed in 1992. The event was organized by Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.