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Arun Yogiraj: The Sculptor of Ramlalla Idol at Ayodhya Mandir




Arun Yogiraj: The Sculptor of Ramlalla Idol at Ayodhya Mandir





Arun Yogiraj



The Pran Pratishtha ceremony, the spectacle attended by everyone, including delegates from representatives from major spiritual and religious sects, various tribal communities, and celebrities, witnessed the inauguration of the 51-inch-tall idol of Ram Lalla inside the Garbh Grah of the temple in Ayodhya.

The idol, made by the sculptor Arun Yogiraj who hails from Mysuru, portrays Lord Ram as a five-year-old child in a standing stance holding a bow and arrow.

Yogiraj isn't your ordinary stone worker, however he has a family foundation in the craftsmanship.

After his studies, Arun hadn't comprehended that he would proceed with the adventure with stones, and had gotten a MBA from Mysuru College in 2008, and joined a private company.
His father, Yogiraj Shilpi, was among the eight offspring of B Basavanna Shilpi, a Mysuru royal residence craftsman and Yogiraj, one among his 17 grandkids. His grandfather had worked on the Gayatri Temple, the Bhuvaneshwari Temple and similar tasks commissioned by the palace.

The idol of Kaveri on the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam was likewise a formation of his grandfather.

Basavanna Shilpi was among the first students of Shilpa Sri Siddhalinga Master, stone worker to the imperial group of Mysuru, who among others has likewise planned the arches of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

Yogiraj had earlier created the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose that has been installed at the India Gate.

Earlier in 2021, he sculpted the statue of Adi Shankaracharya which has been installed at Shri Kedarnath dham in Uttarakhand.

Among his other well known works are the Mysuru’s famous 14.5-feet white marble stone sculpture of the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar in Mysore, and the life-size White marble sculpture of Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

His greatest work though is now being witnessed by one and all in an extravaganza today in Ayodhya.







(Image Courtesy: https://www.theweek.in)

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