The statue was made in Karnataka and was brought to Ayodhya | Photo from ANI

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday reveiled a Lord Ram statue in Ayodhya.

The Lord Ram statue is a 7-ft-tall rosewood Ram idol and was unveiled at Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan.

When the Lord Ram statue was unveiled, UP CM Yogi Adityanath thanked the sant samaj in Ayodhya for blessing Narendra Modi, who had a thumping victory in 2019 polls.

The statue was made in Karnataka and was brought to Ayodhya.

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Yogi Adityanath in his speech in Ayodhya said, "This year, some big incidents took place. I thank sants in Ayodhya who blessed Narendra Modi. The PM will now make India the superpower in the world."

"The people of India rejected the negativity in politics. If the country is safe then the religion is safe," Yogi Adityanath said.

"There is so much development happening in Ayodhya. Ayodhya is known as the land where Lord Ram was born," Yogi Adityanath said.

"We should all have a same goal, that should be the goal of nationalism. Our wish is to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya," Yogi Adityanath added.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveils a statue of Lord Ram at Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan pic.twitter.com/RWKBhDafpJ ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) June 7, 2019

The statue was purchased from Kaveri Karnataka State Art and Craft Emporium.

The rosewood Lord Ram statue is worth Rs 35 lakh and was honoured by the President in 2017.

Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena MPs will likely be in Ayodhya from June 15 till June 17.

The pressure for the construction of Ram Mandir, after the Lord Ram statue started making headlines, had been building up on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

This will be Uddhav Thackeray's second visit to Ayodhya to mount pressure for the Ram Mandir demand.

In the past, the Shiv Sena chief has insisted on the demand for the Ram temple to be built at the disputed site in Ayodhya as soon as possible on several occasions.