Largest floating screen will be set up in Ayodhya to help people watch Ram Temple ceremony

Uttar Prdesh government is setting up the country’s largest floating screen at Chaudhary Charan Singh Ghat to enable visitors and local residents to watch the consecration ceremony of Lord Ram at Ayodhya on January 22 next.

The screen will be later installed at Aarti Ghat and show the spiritual, cultural, mythological stories, importance of Ayodhya and the development journey of the city.

The government’s objective behind the installation of floating screen is to make visitors, both from within the country and abroad, aware of Ayodhya’s rich cultural legacy.

The Ayodhya Municipal Corporation had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Century Hospitality-Megaverse Associate in August last year in this regard.

Managing Director of Century Hospitality-Megaverse Associate Akshay Anand said it would be the largest floating screen of its kind built in the country so far. The construction of the 1,800 square feet vessel is going on under the supervision of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).

He said the size of the screen will be 1,100 square feet.

"The construction of the floating screen started in November and will be completed in record time," he said.

In line with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s vision Ayodhya is being developed based on 8 themes. The government is also trying to project Ayodhya as a city with great cultural heritage.

In view of this, the consecration ceremony at Ram Temple will be telecast on this screen on January 22, after which the spiritual, cultural, mythological story and importance of Ayodhya will be shown, he said.

Anand said that 60 to 70 artisans from Visakhapatnam are working day and night to build the floating screen by January 19.

"Work on this is being done as per the concept of Made in India of PM Modi and CM Yogi. Currently it will be operated on bio diesel, but the plan is to operate it on solar in future," he said.

He said at present it is about 3 km from Chaudhary Charan Singh Ghat to Laxman Ghat.

"It will be operated only near deep water in the distance, but keeping in view the flow of water of Saryu, the scope of this floating screen will also increase," he said.

After the consecration, there is also a plan to construct a 5,000 square feet floating restaurant.

An MoU has been signed regarding this. After the successful operation of the floating screen, the company will start work on this plan.

This restaurant will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to make tourists' journeys to Ayodhya memorable. A screen will also be installed at the restaurant on which the story of Ram will be presented.

(With UNI Inputs)