Balak Ram
Balak Ram (lit. 'Child Rama', IAST: Bālakarāma), also known as Ram Lalla, is the presiding deity of the Ram Mandir, a prominent Hindu temple located at Ram Janmabhoomi, in Hindu mythology the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama in Ayodhya, India. Balak Rama is housed in the sacred sanctum sanctorum (garbha gṛha) of the Ram Mandir, a traditional Nagara style temple. The murti (idol) was consecrated in an elaborate Prana pratishtha ceremony on January 22, 2024.
In December 1949, idols of Ram Lalla were placed inside the structure, leading to claims by Hindu groups that the idols had miraculously appeared there.
Balak Ram deity 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. 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. On this occasion, the forehead of the Ram Lalla idol was anointed with a ray of sunlight, known as Sūrya Tilaka.
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