Ramji... Original Idol

These are the original idols of Shri Rama, Lakshmana and Sita which were removed & sent to a safe place before the Ram Mandir was desecrated by Babur.

When Babur marched into Ayodhya, the caretaker of the temple Pandit Shyamanand Maharaj fled Ayodhya along with the idols & handed them over to Swami Eknath Maharaj of Paithan. Later these idols were handed over to the Guru of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Swami Samarth Ramdas.

When Swami Samarth was on a tour of South India, he placed those idols on the banks of the holy sangam of rivers Tunga & Bhadra forming Tungabhadra in a small town called Harihar, Karnataka.

The idols have been worshipped since then by the Gurus of Narayan Ashram in Harihar. There was a huge celebration in Harihar after the Ayodhya verdict. The people of Harihar and the Narayan Ashram are now preparing to return back the idols to Shri Rama's Birth place, Ayodhya.