With the strategic placement of the site of Ram Janambhoomi near to the river Saryu, loose sand within the earth would provide a good foundation for the pillars of the Ram Mandir. The Ram Mandir Trust took the Taj Mahal as an example and pushed on with speedy development.
There were rumours doing the rounds that the loose sand under the grounds of Ram Janambhoomi premises is delaying the foundation process. It was perceived as the great problem created in the way of Ram temple construction: how could the pillars be sturdy under the grounds with the loose sand?
A two-day meeting of the Ram Mandir construction committee started in Ayodhya on Monday. However there was no official briefing done by the Trust regarding the meeting but the sources told that the commit
Chairman of Ram Mandir construction committee Nripendra Mishra on Monday morning visited the premises of Ram Janambhoomi along with trustees Dr Anil Mishra , Govind Dev Giri and trust secretary Champat Rai along with the experts of Larsen and Turbo and Tata Consultancy and held a meeting with experts and trustees at the Faizabad circuit house.
“Experts are at work to finalise the foundation process, they have found sand below the ground , but this has not come as a surprise , sand type of soil or loose sand was expected as Ayodhya town is situated on the banks of river Saryu”, Dr Anil Mishra, Trustee of Ram Mandir Trust
“In today’s meeting the construction committee chairman and other trustees took stock of the situation from the experts involved in construction,” informed Mishra.
The experts are working to ensure that the foundation of Ram temple
must be strong enough to last for one thousand years,” he added
IIT-Madras is working on the soil testing of foundation of Ram Mandir and the Trust
has already started shifting of carved stones from the Karsevakpuram workshop to the temple premises.
According to the Trust, the authorities don’t want to finish any work in haste as they planned to build a temple grand enough so that people recognise it as the centre of Hindu faith.
