The Surya Tilak of Lord Ram was performed at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya at 12 noon on the occasion of Ram Navami. A ray of sunlight, carefully directed through a system of mirrors and lenses, illuminated the forehead of Ram Lalla's idol, forming a glowing tilak.
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00:00On the occasion of Ram Navami let's cut across live to images coming in from the
00:04beautiful Ram Mandir in Ayodhya where any moment now you're going to witness
00:08the iconic Surya Tilak.
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05:15The beautiful divine moment that we just witnessed was the Surya Tilak on the
05:20forehead of the Ram Lala idol in Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The last year that we
05:26witnessed it was the first time in 500 years. This is a phenomenon that happens
05:30on the occasion of Ram Navami and it is the highlight of the day for scores of
05:36devotees who gather in Ayodhya on the occasion of Ram Navami at the Ram Mandir.
05:40This entire process of ensuring that one beam of sunlight falls on the forehead
05:45of Ram Lala there is made possible by Indian scientists who essentially used a
05:51special mirror and a lens based apparatus to ensure that there's a
05:55single beam of sunlight that falls on Ram Lala's forehead resembling
05:59essentially a Tilak which falls on the forehead of the idol. The whole process
06:05you just notice that the whole moment of illumination on the forehead lasted
06:10about four minutes and you can see the Ram Lala idol in all of his glory adorned
06:14beautifully for the occasion of Ram Navami there and special pujas, darshan
06:20being conducted also for scores of devotees to watch live. Many of course
06:25have that unique divine moment of witnessing it our firsthand at the
06:31temple. Simar Chawla is joining us live from Ayodhya with more on this. Simar
06:37that beautiful moment on our screens of the Surya Tilak take us through what's
06:41happening there at the Ram Mandir. I'm sure there are huge crowds in the
06:45occasion of Ram Navami to witness that exact moment.
06:51Well here's the much-awaited occasion of you know the Surya Tilak has already
06:56been captured. Now this is one of the biggest occasion of the Sanatan Dharam
07:00that is Ram Navami and Ayodhya is all decked up prepared up for the
07:04celebration of Ram Navami today. I'm standing just outside the Ram Mandir you
07:08can see in the visuals behind me that you know the Shathalus and you know
07:12the devotees have actually started gathering up in large numbers. You can
07:16see in the visuals you know several children and those who are disabled have
07:20also turned up here on the occasion of Ram Navami. You can see that there are
07:24people on the wheelchairs but the occasion is such and the spirit is such
07:28that you know even that has not stopped them to come to Ayodhya. You can see
07:33that this is there is heavy sunlight you know high temperature but then too
07:36people have in fact in fact gathering just outside the Ram temple to get a
07:40glimpse of the Garbh Rai and the Lord Ram. Now the much-awaited ceremony which was
07:46supposed to happen that is Surya Tilak where you know from the third story a
07:51special sunlight was designed to pass through a special lens and
07:58in fact the lens which was prepared by the scientist that has happened but
08:03now the several ceremonies are still pending which are going to happen. You
08:08can see there are large number of crowd which has gathered here and keeping in
08:12mind the sensitivity of the situation the security is also beefed up. There are
08:15several layers of security which you need to cross once you have to go
08:19inside the Ram temple. There are barricadings which have been placed but
08:22the crowd have started coming up in large numbers even after the high
08:26temperature such as the spirit of the people. Ram Navami what we have been
08:31told that there are several programs which are yet to be telecasted yet to be
08:35done that includes the enlightening up of two lakh diyas on the bank of Saryu
08:39that is still going to happen and what we have learned that you know for the
08:44darshan of Ram temple the timing has been increased as compared to the
08:49regular days. So these are the preparation that has been done keeping
08:52in mind the Ram you know keeping in mind the Ram Navami festival that has been
08:57happening. Over to you.
09:00With the kind of celebrations Ayodhya will come beautifully lit up in the
09:05evening with lakhs of diyas also being set up along the Saryu Ghat. Thanks
09:10Simar for those details. Look at those images on your screens. This is from just
09:13moments ago when for four minutes you had that beautifully orchestrated Surya
09:18Tilak on Ram Lala's forehead on the occasion of Ram Navami. Just the second
09:22time that we're witnessing it in over 500 years.