The historic Ram Mandir is under construction in Ayodhya, the world will witness Ayodhya glowing in a resplendent harmony of divinity and powerful modernity when the work on the under-construction grand Ram temple will be completed.

This is because the temple, one of the biggest shrines to be built in India after Independence, will be lit by at least 4,000 kilowatt (kw) electricity load that will dwarf the power requirement of the state-of-the art Lok Bhavan, the five-storey chief minister’s secretariat here and will be four times that of the five-star Taj hotel in Lucknow.

Covering nearly 2.7 acres of land with its complex, the Ram Mandir is ready for “pran pratishtha” (consecration ceremony) of Ram Lalla (the child Ram) on January 22 though the full temple consisting of three floors is expected to be complete only by December 2025.

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust that is supervising the construction has proposed to take an electricity connection as high as 4,000 kilowatt (kw) to meet the power requirement of the temple complex.

The trust has proposed to subscribe to a 4,000-kw power connection for the temple when the entire temple is ready,” Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) executive engineer, Ayodhya division, Pradeep Verma said.

“Currently, the temple already has a 1,200-kw power connection in the name of Trust general secretary Champat Rai,” he added.

The temple, according to him, will also be connected to an independent feeder to get uninterrupted 24x7 electricity. Currently, the temple draws power from an independent feeder meant for Sri Ram Hospital.

The 4,000-kw connection proposed to be sought for the temple will surpass the power demand of the fully air-conditioned Lok Bhavan that runs on 3,600 kw load and will also dwarf the load of the Taj hotel in Lucknow, that is said to have a power connection of only 1,000 kw that is lower than even the current load being used by the under-construction temple.

According to Verma, there is no other power connection of 4,000-kw in Ayodhya town and there may be only a few connections (mainly of sugar mills, industries etc) of this magnitude in Ayodhya district.