No stone left unturned: The engineering excellence of Ayodhya Ram Mandir
Architects and engineers ensured testing of every granite, sandstone, and marble stone intended for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
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Architects and engineers ensured testing of every granite, sandstone, and marble stone intended for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
The Ram Mandir at Ayodhya is made only of stones, stones chosen specially and individually tested for their strength at India's foremost geological testing laboratory situated at Kolar Gold Fields.
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