History & Culture · 21 Sep 2026

Ayodhya Memorial Temple

Consider the following statements regarding the recently completed Memorial Temple in Ayodhya:

  1. It has been constructed at the same site where the Ram Lalla idol was housed temporarily between 2020 and 2024.
  2. Its eternal flame has been kept as a natural gas-fed flame, in keeping with the structure's traditional design.
  3. The Trust responsible for its construction was constituted in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's 2019 verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute case.
AOnly one
BOnly two
CAll three
DNone
This question is based on: Ayodhya's New Memorial: What a Nation Chooses to Preserve When the Wait Is Over
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Why in news

The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has completed construction of a Memorial Temple at Ayodhya on the site of the interim structure that housed Ram Lalla from 2020-2024, though a public opening date has not yet been announced.

Why for UPSC

Tests whether aspirants can distinguish factual details of a current-affairs event (design choices, legal antecedents) rather than just recalling the headline fact of the temple's completion - a classic UPSC "how many correct" trap on plausible-sounding but incorrect specifics.

Prelims summary

The Ayodhya Memorial Temple marks the 2020-2024 interim site of Ram Lalla's makeshift shelter, built in teak with an electric eternal flame (to avoid fire risk) and traces its institutional origin to the Trust set up after the 2019 SC verdict in M Siddiq v. Mahant Suresh Das.

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