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Ayodhya: Private jet parking lots at airports near Ayodhya city of Uttar Pradesh are filled and shops have run out of gold ( gold) plated idols. Wealthy devotees are preparing for the invite-only inauguration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, one of Hinduism’s holiest temples.
PM Narendra Modi and Asia’s richest industrialist Mukesh Ambani will attend the inauguration ceremony of Ram Temple on Monday. More than 8000 people will be present in it. Construction of Ram Temple was a major election promise of PM Modi and his party BJP, which is being fulfilled.
The inauguration ceremony is being organized by the trust that built the temple. This ceremony is taking place a few months before the Lok Sabha elections. Many eminent people of India are expected to be present at the ceremony.
“Being invited to this event has become a status symbol,” says Rajan Mehra, CEO of India’s luxury charter service Club One Air. He said the planes in his fleet, which include the Dassault Falcon 2000, have been booked for several trips over the next week.
Officials have estimated that a hundred private jets will land at Ayodhya airport on January 22. This will fill it completely. Slots are also filled in Varanasi, a city about four hours away by road from Ayodhya. Similarly, space for jets is also full at Gorakhpur airport. Gorakhpur is three hours away from Ayodhya by road.
Rajan Mehra has not disclosed the price of the charters, but private jet booking website Jetsetgo has quoted the price of a flight from Mumbai to Gorakhpur on a nine-passenger Falcon 2000 jet as around $74,000.
The business of jewelery and gold traders is booming due to this event. Some retailers say that gold idols, gold plated idols and temple replicas of Lord Ram are being liked very much. Their price ranges between Rs 30,000 to Rs 220,000. These are so popular that they are out of stock. He told that some things have been imported from Thailand.
Baldev Singh, manager of HS Jewelers, Lucknow, said, “Customers are demanding these to give as gifts and to keep in their homes. For this they have to wait for two weeks.”
