{"id":19354,"date":"2024-01-15T08:52:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T03:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19354"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:28:00","slug":"kalaram-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kalaram-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalaram temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Kalaram temple<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Kalaram temple derives its name from a black statue of the Lord \u2014 Kala Ram translates literally to \u201cBlack Ram\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>It was built in 1792 with the efforts\u00a0of Sardar Rangarao Odhekar.<\/li>\n<li>It is located on the\u00a0banks of Godavari in the Panchavati area of the city.<\/li>\n<li>Features\n<ul>\n<li>The sanctum sanctorum has statues of Ram, Sita, and Lakshman, and a black idol of Hanuman at the main entrance.<\/li>\n<li>The main temple has 14 steps, which represent the 14 years of Ram\u2019s exile. It has 84 pillars, which represents the cycle of 84 lakh species that one has to complete in order to be born as a human.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Historical Significance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This temple is\u00a0the site of a landmark agitation led by\u00a0Babasaheb Ambedkar demanding\u00a0temple entry rights for Dalits more than 90 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>In 1930,\u00a0B R Ambedkar and the Marathi teacher and social activist\u00a0Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, known as Sane Guruji, led an agitation to demand access for Dalits to Hindu temples.<\/li>\n<li>This movement aimed to challenge the oppressive caste norms prevalent during the time.<\/li>\n<li>During the satyagraha, Ambedkar, along with his 15,000 Dalit followers, peacefully picketed the temple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Polavaram Project?<\/h3>\n<p>It is an under-construction multi-purpose irrigation projecton the Godavari River in the Eluru District and East\u00a0Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-history\/nashik-kala-ram-temple-modi-ambedkar-9106708\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The story of Nashik\u2019s Kalaram temple, visited by Modi \u2014 and by Ambedkar many decades ago<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalaram temple derives its name from a black statue of the Lord \u2014 Kala Ram translates literally to \u201cBlack Ram\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}