Lord Ram, Laxman and Hanuman will come out…?
It took 28 years to re-install the ashtadhatu idols of Lord Ram, Laxman and Hanuman ji stolen from maharshi Dattatreya Ashram in nizamabad tehsil area of Azamgarh district. people will be able to see Lord Ram, Laxman and Hanuman ji again after 28 years. The ashtadhatu idols of Lord Ram, Laxman and Hanuman were stolen from maharshi Dattatreya Ashram in 1996. The police recovered the idols but these idols remained locked in the police station's storehouse till now. The court has issued an order to take out these idols. Now the idols of Lord Shri Ram, Laxman and Hanuman ji will be installed again with due rituals.
nizamabad town is located at a distance of 15 km from the district headquarters. maharshi Dattatreya Ashram, located at the confluence of Tamsa and Kunwar rivers in Gauspur Gram Sabha on Centerwa road adjacent to nizamabad town, is a big temple of Hindu faith. Every year, thousands of people take a dip at the confluence of Tamsa and Kunwar rivers and visit Lord Dattatreya Ashram and also perform havan. According to the belief, whatever wish is asked after performing havan puja and darshan, it is fulfilled.
Demand to open a police post near the temple
In this regard, Ravidas Ji Maharaj, Mahant and Pujari Dattatreya Ashram said that, with full rituals, the Lord will be brought back home and the idol will be installed. Along with security arrangements, saints, Mahatmas and high officials will also come in this. Amid tight security arrangements, the idol of Lord Ram, Laxman, Janaki and Hanuman will be re-installed at Dattatreya Ashram. He said that his effort is to make a police post near the ashram before the installation of the idol so that there is no problem regarding security in future.
Advocate shravan Kumar Rai of Ravidas Ji Maharaj, priest of Dattatreya Ashram, said that in 1996, the idols of Ram, Laxman and Hanuman ji were stolen from the temple, which were recovered by the then investigator. Since then, the idol was in the storehouse. The priest of the temple had given an application in the court for the release of the idol. In which the Hon'ble court has ordered to release the idol on 24 September. The case will continue. In the same regard, SP Rural Chirag Jain has told that some idols were looted from Dattatreya Ashram of Thana nizamabad area in 1996, in which a case was registered. The police had recovered the idols. On 24 September, the court of Azamgarh ordered to release the idols.