UNION Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the consecration of Lord Ram’s idol on January 22 and the beginning of India’s ‘Amrit Kaal’ are not a mere coincidence but a sign that the country will rise to prominence on the world stage in the next 25 years. Amrit Kaal, which roughly translates to ‘golden era’, refers to the 25-year period from 75 years to 100 years of India’s independence. About the grand event in Ayodhya next month, Shah said for several years, the country was unable to reconstruct the “holy place where Lord Ram was born and was destroyed 550 years ago”. Over the years, Shah said, many saints performed various kinds of penances and offered prayers for this country to awaken itself and return to its “age-old, eternal culture”, but it was not happening.

 

“(Court) cases were made complicated and delayed. Then a Government was formed under the leadership of Narendrabhai, and with the blessings and inspirations of saints, all the paths became smooth, and on January 22, Ram Lalla will sit in his house again,” he said while addressing the Shri Purani Swami Smruti Mahotsav organised by Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam (SGVP) here. “And it cannot be a coincidence that the restoration of Ram Lalla in his home and the beginning of India’s Amrit Kaal are happening together. It is not a coincidence, it is nature’s sign that India is going to be on top (on the world stage) in the 25 years of its Amrit Kaal,” he said.

 

Shah said Ram Lalla will enter his house at a time when India’s yoga and Ayurveda are receiving acceptance all over the world, and the entire world is looking at them with surprise. “The whole world is eager to understand the scientific viewpoints of our Vedas, Upanishads and philosophy, and at that very moment, Ram Lalla will enter his house. Modiji will go to Ayodhya on 22nd (January) and will perform the consecration of Ram Lalla there in the presence of saints,” he said.