(ET)
The Uttar Pradesh government is funding a study on Lord Ram’s international footprint, from inscriptions of Lord Ram and Hanuman found on rocks in Italy and Iraq to an idol of Lord Hanuman found in a jungle in Hondruas in Central America.
Such findings, if confirmed, could be documented and featured in the international digital museum on the life of Lord Ram which is coming up in Ayodhya, said UP government officials. The Yogi Adityanath government has allotted Rs 30 lakh to a research institute in Ayodhya, the Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan, and released the first instalment of Rs 15 lakh for documenting ‘Ram Sanskriti Ki Vishwa Yatra’ (international journey of the legend of Lord Ram), as per an order of the state culture department dated December 13,
