Ram Temple will have five domes now, says architect

NEW DELHI: Ahmedabad-based Chandrakant Sompura, the architect of the proposed Ram Temple said that he was glad that he was carrying the family legacy. "To design a bhavya (grand) temple like the Ram temple is a dream come true,” Sompura, who was in Ayodhya on Saturday on the occasion of the teplee trust meeting, told TOI: "To design a bhavya (grand) temple like the Ram temple is a dream come true.”
The design — originally prepared in 1989 — by the 80-year-old architect had three domes and a height (ground to dome) of 130-odd feet. “The temple will have five domes now," he said.
Sompuras father Prabhakar was the architect of the Somnath Temple in Gujarat.
Family has designed 131 temples, including Swami Narayan
The family has designed 131 temples including Swami Narayan Temple in Gandhinagar and Ambaji Temple in Palanpur.
Nikhil, Sompuras son, said the pink sandstone to be used for the temple has been procured in the past two decades.
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