Water from 155 rivers across globe offered to Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

AYODHYA: Water of 155 rivers brought from seven continents around the globe was offered to the upcoming Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Sunday afternoon.
The members of an NGO, called Delhi Study Group, led by former BJP MLA Vijay Jolly, offered the water from 155 containers bearing the names of the river and country, to the walls and floor of the under-construction temple in the presence of a group of foreign envoys and NRIs from over 40 countries.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who were invited as special guests to the event, could not attend it due to various reasons.
Jolly, the convenor of the event, in his address on the occasion claimed that the water from the rivers in the war-torn Russia & Ukraine as well as those in China and Pakistan was procured for this holy cause.
Jolly said the special drive, which took more than two and a half years including the worst phase of the Covid pandemic, denotes the faith of people across the globe in Lord Ram.
"Not only Hindus, but Muslims, Christians and even Jews of all the seven continents cooperated in the drive," he said.
Short film on drive to collect river water screened at event
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai, VHP patron Dinesh Chandra, Ram Lal and Indresh Kumar of the Rasthriya Swayamsewak Sangh, former Army chief Joginder Jaswant Singh and Jain Acharya Lokesh Muni were present on the occasion.
Nine priests from Pune chanted Sanskrit shlokas at the ceremony. A short film on the drive to collect water from these rivers was also screened on the occasion.
The water from Pakistan was first sent by the Hindus of Pakistan to Dubai and then from Dubai it was brought to Delhi, from where Jolly brought it to Ayodhya.
Apart from Pakistan, water has also come from the rivers of Suriname, Kazakhstan, Canada, Tibet, Tanzania, Nigeria, America, France, Germany, Britain, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Bangladesh. Jolly said water was also brought from Antarctica, which is mostly inaccessible.