Mariappan, a miniature artist from Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore made a figurine of Lord Ram using gold.
He crafted the statuette ahead of Ram Temple 'Bhoomi Pujan' in Ayodhya.
He said, "Construction of Ram temple is historic.
I've made a one-inch statuette of Lord Ram using 1.2-gram gold to mark this occasion and will send it to Ram temple trust."