A crew of ten esteemed Indian scientists is stationed on the Ram Mandir.
Ayodhya:
At midday, at this time, the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya witnessed a novel occasion because the brow of the Ram Lalla idol was anointed with a ray of daylight, referred to as ‘Surya Tilak’ on the event of Ram Navami.
Using cutting-edge scientific experience, a 5.eight centimetre beam of sunshine hit the deity’s brow. To obtain this exceptional phenomenon, a specialised instrument was designed. A crew of ten esteemed Indian scientists stationed on the Ram Mandir ensured the success of this auspicious occasion on Ram Navami. For roughly three to three.5 minutes beginning at 12 midday, daylight was exactly directed onto the statue’s brow utilizing a mixture of mirrors and lenses.
Commissioned by the temple belief, scientists from a number one authorities establishment devised a complicated equipment consisting of mirrors and lenses. This mechanism, formally termed the ‘Surya Tilak mechanism’, marks a big scientific and engineering feat.
Dr Pradeep Kumar Ramacharla, Scientist and Director on the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, defined to NDTV the intricate workings of the optomechanical system.
“The opto-mechanical system consists of four mirrors and four lenses fitted inside the tilt mechanism and piping systems. The complete cover with an aperture for the tilt mechanism is placed at the top floor to divert the sun rays through mirrors and lenses to the Garbha Girha,” Dr Ramacharla mentioned.
“The final lens and mirror focus the sun rays on the forehead of Shree Ram facing east. The tilt mechanism is used to adjust the first mirror’s tilt, sending the sun rays towards the north direction to the 2nd mirror to make the Surya Tilak on every year’s Shree Ram Navami. All the piping and other parts are manufactured using brass material. The mirrors and lenses are of very high quality and durable to sustain a long period. The inner surfaces of pipes, elbows, and enclosures are black powder-coated to avoid scattering of sunlight. Also, at the top aperture, an infrared filter glass is used to restrict the Sun’s heat waves from falling on the idol’s forehead,” he added.
Members of the crew of scientists contained in the ‘Garbha Griha’ of the Ram temple.
The growth of the ‘Surya Tilak’ mechanism concerned collaboration between scientists from CBRI, Roorkee, and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIAP), Bengaluru. Employing a particular gearbox and utilizing reflective mirrors and lenses, the crew orchestrated the exact alignment of daylight rays from the temple’s third flooring to the interior sanctum (Garbha Griha) utilizing established rules of photo voltaic monitoring. Technical help from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the manufacturing experience of Optica, a Bengaluru-based firm, additional helped the undertaking’s execution.
Dr Pradeep Chauhan, Scientist on the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, mentioned with confidence that the ‘Surya Tilak’ would flawlessly anoint the statue of Ram Lalla. Given the fastened date of Ram Navami based mostly on the lunar calendar, intricate preparations involving 19 gears had been carried out to make sure the well timed incidence of this auspicious ritual, all with out counting on electrical energy, batteries, or iron-based parts.
India’s premier establishment within the area of astronomy, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Bengaluru, has devised an answer to reconcile the obvious disparity between the lunar and photo voltaic (Gregorian) calendars. “We possess the requisite expertise in positional astronomy,” elaborated Dr Annapurni Subramaniam, Director of IIA, including, “This expertise was applied to ensure that the Sun’s rays, symbolised by a ‘Surya Tilak’, could ceremoniously anoint the idol of Ram Lala on every Ram Navmi.”
The crew from CSIR-CBRI consists of Dr SK Panigrahi, Dr RS Bisht, Mr Kanti Solanki, Mr V. Chakradhar, Mr Dinesh, and Mr Sameer. Prof. R. Pradeep Kumar, Director of CSIR-CBRI, mentored the undertaking. From IIA Bangalore, Dr Annapurni S., Director of IIA, Er S Sriram, and Professor Tushar Prabhu are the consultants. Mr Rajinder Kotaria, Managing Director of Optica, and his crew, Mr Nagraj, Mr Vivek, and Mr Thava Kumar, are actively concerned within the execution and set up course of.
An analogous ‘Surya Tilak’ mechanism already exists in some Jain temples and on the Sun Temple at Konark, however they’re engineered in a different way.