New Delhi: The priests of Ayodhya sources said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone for the construction of Ram Temple on August 5 in Ayodhya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend 2 hours on August 5 between 11am and 1:10pm.

Ayodhya priest have prepared an elaborate plan for the ceremony with three-day vedic rituals at Rama Janma Bhoomi site, beginning on August 3. This will be followed by Ramacharya “Puja” on August 4 and the Bhoomi Pooja on August 5, which will be conducted around 12:15pm. This will be Modi’s first visit to Ayodhya and the Ram temple area.

Kameshawar Chaupal of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth KshetraTrust, said that “we have sent to the Prime Minister two dates to choose from – either August 3 or August 5 – as the date to lay down the foundation of the Ram Temple. The construction will begin on the date he deems fit.” Modi had announced the formation of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust on February 5.

After a protracted legal tussle, the Supreme Court had last November paved the way for the construction of a Ram Temple by a trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot an alternative 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a new mosque at a “prominent” place in the holy town in Uttar Pradesh.