The grand Ram temple will be built on the earlier model promoted by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Jagadguru Shankaracharya Vasudevanand Saraswati said that the VHP model of the temple had been approved by the entire country and people had even contributed money for its construction. "The temple will be built on the same model. Those who are demanding that the temple should be made of marble, should also say where will be get Makrana marble in such large quantities. Besides, stones have already been carved for the temple and we cannot change our plans at this stage," he said.

Various saints, who have arrived in Ayodhya for the birthday celebrations of Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, chairman of the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust that is overseeing the temple construction, echoed similar sentiments and said that efforts should be made to complete the first floor construction of the temple in the tenure of the Yogi Adityanath government.