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Ram Temple will have five domes now, says architect

NEW DELHI: Ahmedabad-based Chandrakant Sompura , the architect of the proposed Ram Temple said that he was glad that he was carrying the family legacy. "To design a bhavya (grand) temple like the Ram temple is a dream come true,” Sompura, who was in Ayodhya on Saturday on the occasion of the teplee trust meeting, told TOI: "To design a bhavya (grand) temple like the Ram temple is a dream come true.”



The design — originally prepared in 1989 — by the 80-year-old architect had three domes and a height (ground to dome) of 130-odd feet. “The temple will have five domes now," he said.

Sompura’s father Prabhakar was the architect of the Somnath Temple in Gujarat.

Family has designed 131 temples, including Swami Narayan

The family has designed 131 temples including Swami Narayan Temple in Gandhinagar and Ambaji Temple in Palanpur.

Nikhil, Sompura’s son, said the pink sandstone to be used for the temple has been procured in the past two decades.

“Another batch came just a few days ago. Work had begun before the coronavirus outbreak,” he said.

The Temple Trust members told TOI that 106 out of 212 pillars to be used for temple construction are ready. Construction firm Larsen & Toubro will provide the basic raw material for setting up the infrastructure.

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