DAYS ahead of the Ram Temple consecration ceremony at Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered prayers at the famous Thriprayar Sree Ramaswamy Temple here, which is renowned for being a part of a pilgrimage to the abodes of Lord Ram and his brothers. Modi on Wednesday also offered prayers at Kerala’s famous Lord Krishna temple in Guruvayur. “Prayed at the sacred Guruvayur Temple. The divine energy of this temple is immense. I prayed that every Indian be happy and prosperous.” The Prime Minister, after attending the wedding ceremony of actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi’s daughter at the Lord Krishna Temple in nearby Guruvayur, offered prayers at the Sree Ramaswamy temple situated on the bank of the Karuvannur river, also known as Theevra river. The Thriprayar Sree Ramaswamy temple is dedicated to Lord Ram, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, depicted with four arms holding a conch, a discus, a bow, and a garland.

 

PM Modi, dressed in the traditional attire of ‘mundu’ (dhoti) and ‘veshti’ (white shawl), spent over an hour at the temple, and also carried out the ‘meen oottu’ (fish feeding) ritual there. He also listened to ‘veda archana’ and ‘bhajana’ by children and verses about Lord Ram in Malayalam inside the temple premises, following which he interacted with the priests as well as some of the children and distributed gifts to them. “Prayed at the Thriprayar Sree Ramaswamy Temple. To hear verses of the Shri Adhyathma Ramayana and other bhajans in Malayalam was also very special,” Modi said in a post on social media platform X.