Ram Navami 2025: Surya Tilak at Ayodhya Ram temple performed from completed third floor with upgraded optics
On Ram Navami, 6 April 2025, the 'Surya Tilak' on the Ram Lalla idol at Ayodhya was beamed from the temple's completed third floor using an upgraded optical design, according to CSIR-CBRI Roorkee.
Summary
The 'Surya Tilak', in which a beam of sunlight is focused on the forehead of the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Ram Navami, was performed on 6 April 2025 from the completed third floor of the temple, said Dr S.K. Panigrahi, chief scientist at CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee. Last year's demonstration was a temporary arrangement from the second floor; this year an upgraded optical design was used.
Key facts
- Date
- 6 April 2025 (Ram Navami)
- Where
- Ram temple, Ayodhya
- Institute
- CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee
- Change
- Beamed from completed third floor (second floor in 2024); upgraded optical design
Practice MCQs 1 questions
Scientists from which institute stated that the 2025 Surya Tilak at the Ayodhya Ram temple was beamed from the completed third floor using an upgraded optical design?
Show answer
Correct answer: B — CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee; last year's arrangement was a temporary set-up from the second floor.