Akshay Kumar has doled out a video on his Twitter account that urged the fans to make donations towards the Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya.
This video that was shared on his official Twitter handle was shot at his home, where he quoted the story from the epic Ramayana to galvanize fans into making donations for the astronomical edifice on the heart of Ayodhya.
He started his speech by saying that on the last night, he narrated a story to his daughter, Nitara, that told of a squirrel who wished to make her modicum of contribution in the construction of Ram Setu so that Lord Ram can reach Lanka and challenge the might of Ravana. The actor said that his story must egg everyone on to make whatever small contributions they can make towards the construction of the temple.
बहुत खुशी की बात है कि अयोध्या में हमारे श्री राम के भव्य मंदिर का निर्माण शुरू हो चूका है…अब योगदान की बारी हमारी है l मैंने शुरुआत कर दी है, उम्मीद है आप भी साथ जुड़ेंगे l जय सियाराम 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/5SvzgfBVCf
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) January 17, 2021
He quoted on the video saying, “Today, it is our turn. In Ayodhya, a large temple is being made for Lord Shri Ram. Some of us should be the vaanars, some of us should be the gilheris, and make contributions that suit our capacity to this historical cause. I will be the one to begin. I am sure you will join me too so that the generations that will come after us will be inspired to follow life lessons that the righteous Lord Ram taught us”.
He also said, “It is heartening to know that the construction of our Sri Ram’s magnificent temple in Ayodhya has begun… Now it is our turn to make contributions. I have started, hopefully you will also join with. Jai Shri Ram.”
President Ramnath Kovind also contributed Rs 5,00,100 to the construction of his structure. The fund collection will be spanning across 5,25,000 villages and the money that will be collected will have to be deposited within 48 hours in the bank.
The collection drive has started on January 15th and will end by February 27th.
On the professional front, he was last seen in Laxxmi and his upcoming projects are Bell Bottom, Sooryavanshi, Bachchan Pandey and Atrangi Re.
Twitter didn’t really react entirely positively on this latest tweet of his. There were mixed bag reactions and we will take a quick look at the same.
👏👏That he won’t..fir movies kaise milega..Another obsolete trick of promoting his upcoming movie Ram Setu..When he said donations to temples are useless, instead we should do charity, why suddenly so much nautanki 🤷🏻♀️,,Khiladi’s khel won’t work..
— 🎶The Weeknd🎸💕 (@ShrutiM0503) January 17, 2021
— 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐍 (@beingsaud27) January 17, 2021
— अंकित जैन (@indiantweeter) January 17, 2021
His movies release date:
Bachchan Pandey- 22 January 2021
Atrangi Re- 14 February 2021
Sooryavanshi- March 2021
Bell Bottom- June 2021
Hera Pheri 3- 2021 pic.twitter.com/W9WCaDjBjB— Abhishek (@abhishekkumr24) January 17, 2021
But Mandir means "Mann ke andar", right ?
So why are you donating for "Mann ke baahar" wala Mandir ?— Tripathi ji (@proudswamybhakt) January 17, 2021
Proud of You #AkshayKumar pic.twitter.com/eyrQaM4JD0
— Sumit Kadel (@SumitkadeI) January 17, 2021
Proud of You #AkshayKumar
Hindu Sher Akshay Kumar
— Raju Bhai (@RajuBhai0078) January 17, 2021
Great ! Atleast an A grade actor from bollywood came forward and talked publicly about Bhavya Shree Ram Mandir Nirmana . 👏
Lets see how many other actors have the courage to do so . #AkshayKumar#RamMandir https://t.co/uYnANZxQPr— Vishwanath Hariharan (@vishuspeaksloud) January 17, 2021
You are great @akshaykumar sir #AkshayKumar #RamMandir #akkians https://t.co/clo36pm32t
— mkv karma akkian (@MukeshK61766507) January 17, 2021
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