Shree Kalaram Mandir

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited the Kalaram Mandir.

About Shree Kalaram Mandir:

• Kalaram Temple, is a Hindu temple in Nashik of Nashik district in Maharashtra, dedicated to the deity Rama.
• It is a temple situated in Panchavati area of the Nashik.
• The temple derives its name from a black statue of Rama.
• The sanctum sanctorum has statues of Ram, Sita, and Lakshman, and a black idol of Hanuman at the main entrance.
• The construction of the present temple in 1780 was initiated by Late Sardar Rangrao Odhekar, under the consultation of Late Sawaee Madhavrao Peshwa.
• The temple is the site of a landmark agitation led by Babasaheb Ambedkar demanding temple entry rights for Dalits more than 90 years ago.
  • In 1930, B R Ambedkar and the Marathi teacher and social activist Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, known as Sane Guruji, led an agitation to demand access for Dalits to Hindu temples.

Features:

• The main temple has 14 steps, which represent the 14 years of Ram’s exile.
• It has 84 pillars, which represents the cycle of 84 lakh species that one has to complete in order to be born as a human.

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