The minister claims that in 2023, Ayodhya got 5.76 crore devotees and Kashi Vishwanath Dham got 8.55 crore devotees. Till the consecration ceremony, around 700 registered home-stays were already there in the temple town and the number has gone up by 441, after the approval by district administration during the last 10 days. Multinational hospitality chain Oyo has also started its services in Ayodhya.Meanwhile, as per the figures provided by a recent report of Forum for Internet Retailers, Sellers & Traders (FIRST), Ram Mandir has proved to be trade multiplier pushing the temple related MSMEs to log an additional business of over Rs 55000 crore from January 1 to January 26, this year with projections of touching Rs 90,000 crore by January end.The report also tracked the migration of over 170 artisans engaged in the manufacturing of Puja related goods, and 6000 plus MSMEs in retail, manufacturing and services to the temple town from other cities. Majority of those migrants are Ayodhya natives who have returned to their roots.The report claims that there has been an increased online demand for products including Ram temple miniatures, lanterns, puja samagri, idols, stoles, scarves, shawls, diyas, flags besides the flowers, bhog and prasad, not only in India but also from across the globe.
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