<p>New Delhi: Ahead of the Ram temple’s inauguration in Ayodhya on January 22, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is working on a mass contact programme. </p><p>The saffron body has started 'Akshat' through which they are urging people across the country to offer their respects to the temple by praying at their nearest place of worship. Meetings have been held in the last few months in multiple locations with members of VHP, the temple trust and BJP.</p><p>RSS leaders said that they have deployed over 1000 volunteers across its 45 prants, operational provincial units of the body. These volunteers will go door-to-door to distribute Akshat (sacred offerings) and ask people to attend the ceremony by being present at their nearest temple to mark the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple. The sacred offerings include rice, a picture of Ram temple, and handbills brought from Ayodhya.</p>.From 'Badhawa' to 'Dhobiya' dance, folk colours of India on Ayodhya's streets for PM Modi.<p>On Sunday, PM Modi, while inaugurating several developmental projects in Ayodhya, urged devotees to not come to the temple on the inauguration day. </p><p>RSS leaders said that in the last few weeks, members of the RSS, VHP and Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust have been holding coordination meetings with allies, including BJP, in their respective state units. Meetings have been held in Kashi, Awadh, Braj, Meerut province (in Uttar Pradesh) and Uttarakhand province.</p><p>In the last few weeks, since October, these 1000 volunteers have been given 5kg of Akshat from Ayodhya, which has since then been distributed among the people. </p><p>“Our target is to light lamps in 5 crore houses and hold programs in more than 5 lakh temples, so that we can turn the entire country into Ayodhya,” an RSS functionary said.</p><p>In Karnataka, they plan to reach out to 29,000 locations. On the day of the inauguration, RSS plans to hold a satsang in the main temples in the localities.</p><p>In several towns and cities, RSS workers will put up LED screens to display the live telecast of the inauguration.</p><p>“We will ask every home to light five diyas in the direction of Ayodhya in the evening,” the functionary said. In all, over 1.5 lakh volunteers will take part in the campaign. </p>
<p>New Delhi: Ahead of the Ram temple’s inauguration in Ayodhya on January 22, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is working on a mass contact programme. </p><p>The saffron body has started 'Akshat' through which they are urging people across the country to offer their respects to the temple by praying at their nearest place of worship. Meetings have been held in the last few months in multiple locations with members of VHP, the temple trust and BJP.</p><p>RSS leaders said that they have deployed over 1000 volunteers across its 45 prants, operational provincial units of the body. These volunteers will go door-to-door to distribute Akshat (sacred offerings) and ask people to attend the ceremony by being present at their nearest temple to mark the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple. The sacred offerings include rice, a picture of Ram temple, and handbills brought from Ayodhya.</p>.From 'Badhawa' to 'Dhobiya' dance, folk colours of India on Ayodhya's streets for PM Modi.<p>On Sunday, PM Modi, while inaugurating several developmental projects in Ayodhya, urged devotees to not come to the temple on the inauguration day. </p><p>RSS leaders said that in the last few weeks, members of the RSS, VHP and Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust have been holding coordination meetings with allies, including BJP, in their respective state units. Meetings have been held in Kashi, Awadh, Braj, Meerut province (in Uttar Pradesh) and Uttarakhand province.</p><p>In the last few weeks, since October, these 1000 volunteers have been given 5kg of Akshat from Ayodhya, which has since then been distributed among the people. </p><p>“Our target is to light lamps in 5 crore houses and hold programs in more than 5 lakh temples, so that we can turn the entire country into Ayodhya,” an RSS functionary said.</p><p>In Karnataka, they plan to reach out to 29,000 locations. On the day of the inauguration, RSS plans to hold a satsang in the main temples in the localities.</p><p>In several towns and cities, RSS workers will put up LED screens to display the live telecast of the inauguration.</p><p>“We will ask every home to light five diyas in the direction of Ayodhya in the evening,” the functionary said. In all, over 1.5 lakh volunteers will take part in the campaign. </p>