The Ram Mandir is a Hindu temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India.
It is located at the site believed to be the Birthplace of Lord Rama
It is believed the temple was attacked and Destroyed by the first Mughal emperor, Babur, in 1528.
The order of Babur, the commander of the Mughal Empire, Mir Baqi, constructed a mosque, the Babri Masjid,in the site of the Ram Janmabhoomi, the birthplace of Rama.
The murtis of Rama and Sita were installed inside the Babri Masjid on the night of 22–23 December 1949 and the devotees began to gather from the next day.
1950, the state took control of the mosque under section 145 CrPC and allowed Hindus, not Muslims, to perform their worship at the site.
The originaldesign for Ram Mandir was devised in 1988.
A new design, with some changes from the original, was prepared by the Sompuras in 2020, per the Hindu texts, the Vastu shastra and the Shilpa shastras.
The bhumi pujan for the commencement of the construction of Ram Mandir was performed on 5 August 2020, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
22 January 2024 is the scheduled date for the installation of the Ram Lalla idol in the Garbhagriha.