All central government offices, central institutions and central industrial establishments will be closed for half a day on January 22 in light of the inauguration of the Ram Temple in temple city Ayodhya on that day.
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An order to this effect was issued by the Department of Personnel & Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions here on Wednesday.
The offices will be closed till 2.30 pm on January 22, it added.
The Ram Lalla Pran Prathishta at Ayodhya refers to the consecration ceremony of the idol of Lord Rama in the Ram Janmabhoomi temple.
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The ‘Ram Lalla Pran Prathishta’ ceremony began in Ayodhya on Tuesday and the seven-day ceremony will reach its finale on January 22 with the consecration of the idol of Lord Ram at the new temple in Ayodhya. The ‘Pran Pratishtha’ will begin at 12.20 pm on January 22 and is expected to end by 1 pm.
Meanwhile, Department of Financial Services in the Finance Ministry said in a separate order that all public sector banks/public sector insurance companies/ public sector financial institutions and Regional Rural Banks would need to observe half-day closing till 2.30 pm on January 22 on the occasion of Pran Pratishtha of Ayodhya Ram Temple. This would enable their employees to participate in the Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha celebrations, DFS has said.