Jagadguru Shankaracharya has said that Lord Ram was always present in Ayodhya, even during the long absence of a grand temple, highlighting his divine will.
Lord Ram didn’t return to Ayodhya but he was always present there even during the old temple, in the tent and now in the newly constructed grand temple at the Ramjanmabhoomi, said Jagadguru Shankaracharya.
In an exclusive conversation with Times Now Group Editor-in-Chief Navika Kumar on Frankly Speaking, when asked to comment on the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya being completed after a long wait of 500 Years and whether the Pran Pratishtha should have taken place before the temple was completed, Jagadguru Shankaracharya said that in Ayodhya, when this grand temple was not there for 500 years and when the movement of the Ram Mandir was going on, then also Lord Ram was present there. He was also present in the make-shift tent after the temple was demolished.
So Ayodhya has been a place where Lord Ram wanted to stay with his own wish, Jagadguru Shankaracharya said.
Speaking further on this issue, Jagadguru Shankaracharya said that according to Ramayan, when everyone was fed up with Ravan, then people worshiped god and requested for a solution.
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During that time, Raja (King) Dashrath had also took some resolves (Anushthaan) to have a son, however, no one had requested the God that Lord Ram should take an avatar in Ayodhya, Jagadguru Shankaracharya mentioned.
But Lord Ram did come as an avatar in Ayodhya and also as the son of Raja Dashrath. This happened only because of the will of the God, he said.