Champat Rai, the general secretary of the Ram Temple Trust, has shared the details of the idol of Lord Ram which will be installed in the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Rai said the idol of Lord Ram is in the form of a five-year-old child (Ram Lalla). It has been made using dark-coloured stone and is 51 inches tall.

“The idol made of Lord Shri Ram Lalla is in the form of a five-year-old child. The statue is 51 inches tall, made of black stone, and is very attractively made,” Rai told media on Saturday.

Rai said the idol of Lord Ram would be placed on the ground of the temple. The idols of Lord Ram's brothers, besides Sita and Hanuman, will be placed on the first floor of the grand temple but added that it would take another eight months.

The idol of 'Ram Lalla' carved by Karnataka's renowned sculptor Arun Yogiraj will be installed in the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. However, a formal announcement regarding the selection of the idol is awaited by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust.

The worship of the idol will begin on January 16 and it will be installed in the sanctum sanctorum on January 18.

“The length of Lord Shri Ram’s idol and the height of its installation have been designed in such a way on the advice of eminent space scientists of India that every year on Ram Navami, the ninth date of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month, Lord Surya himself will anoint Shri Ram as sunrays will directly fall on his forehead at 12 noon making it shine,” Rai was quoted as saying by News18.

Rai said the idol of Lord Ram has been selected keeping in mind the softness of the face, look in the eyes, smile, and body among other things. He added that water and milk will not have any adverse effect on the stone.