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'''Balak Ram'''<ref name=NewNameofDeity>{{cite news |editor=HT Newsdesk |date=23 January 2024|title=Ayodhya mandir's new Ram Lalla idol will now be called by this name|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ayodhyas-new-ram-lalla-idol-will-now-be-called-balak-ram-101706003525225.html|work= Hindustan Times|access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref> ({{Lang-sa|बालकराम|lit=child Rama}}, {{IAST3|Bālakarāma}}), also known as '''Ram Lalla''', is the primary ''[[murti]]'' (idol) of the [[Ram Mandir]], a prominent [[Hindu]] temple located at [[Ram Janmabhoomi]], the presumed birthplace of the [[Hindu deity]] [[Rama]] in [[Ayodhya]], [[India]].<ref name=ThirdlargestTempleReference>{{cite news |last=Wattas|first=Rajnish |date=23 January 2024|title=Ram Mandir and Hindu temple architecture|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/ram-mandir-and-hindu-temple-architecture-583811|work= Tribune India|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What Happens To Old Ram Idol Which "Appeared" Inside Babri Masjid In 1949 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ayodhya-ram-temple-ram-lalla-idol-explainer-in-a-makeshift-tent-since-1949-what-happens-to-old-ram-lalla-idol-now-4915720 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref> ''Balak Rama'' is housed in the sacred ''sanctum sanctorum'' ({{IAST|garbha gṛha}}) of the ''Ram Mandir'', a traditional [[Hindu temple architecture|Nagara style]] temple.<ref name=IT0124>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ram-lalla-idol-ram-mandir-arun-yogiraj-ayodhya-2493046-2024-01-24 |title=Ram Lalla gave me the order, I just followed it' Arun Yogiraj on making the idol |newspaper=India Today |date=25 January 2024 |access-date= 25 May 2024}}</ref><ref name = Nagara>{{cite news|date=31 January 2024|title=Why is Ayodhya Ram Mandir built in Nagara style of architecture|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/ayodhya-ram-mandir-nagara-style-of-architecture/articleshow/107271908.cms|work= [[Times of India]]|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> The ''murti (idol)'' was consecrated in an elaborate [[Prana pratishtha]] ceremony on January 22, 2024.<ref name="reuters-Ram">{{Cite web |date=22 January 2024 |title=India's Modi leads consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-counts-down-opening-grand-ram-temple-ayodhya-2024-01-22 |access-date=1 March 2024 |website=Reuters |language=en-US|quote="Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration on Monday of a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram on a site believed to be his birthplace"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Explained: From 1528 To 2024, A 500-Year Timeline Of Ayodhya Ram Temple |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ayodhya-ram-temple-explained-from-1528-to-2024-a-500-year-timeline-of-ayodhya-ram-temple-4909652 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
Rama is one of the principal [[Hindu deities|deities of Hinduism]] and is traditionally considered by Hindus as the seventh [[avatar]], or incarnation, of [[Vishnu]]. Before the Ram Mandir's inauguration, the deity was referred to by the previous name of '''{{transliteration|hi|ISO|Rām Lallā Virājamān}}''', whose idol was first placed in the complex in 1949.
''Balak Ram'' idol represents a five-year-old form of Lord Ram and was prepared by sculptor [[Arun Yogiraj]] adhering to the Shilpa Shashtra, a sacred scripture of the sculpting world.<ref name=IT0124/> On April 17, 2024, the first [[Ram Navami]] (Ram's birth festival) after the consecration of Ayodhya's [[Ram Temple]] with ''Balak Ram'' murti was celebrated by thousands of devotees across India.<ref name = IE18Apr>{{cite news|date=18 April 2024|title=Ayodhya Temple On Ram Navami, ‘Surya Tilak’ shines on Ram Lalla|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/ayodhya-temple-on-ram-navami-surya-tilak-shines-on-ram-lalla-9276650/|work=Indian Express|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> On this occasion, the forehead of the ''Ram Lalla'' idol was anointed with a ray of sunlight, known as {{IAST|Sūrya Tilaka}}.<ref name=NDTV18Apr>{{cite news|date=17 April 2024|title=The Science Behind 'Surya Tilak' Ceremony At Ayodhya's Ram Temple|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-science-behind-surya-tilak-ceremony-at-ayodhyas-ram-temple-5460250 | work=NDTV|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref>
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