Ooni of Ife Donates Land for World-Class Ifa Heritage Temple
Ooni of Ife Donates Land for World-Class Ifa Heritage Temple
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has donated three acres of land to the International Council for Ifa Religion for the construction of the World Ifa Temple.
The initiative is intended to promote the council’s activities and establish the largest pilgrimage destination for Yoruba traditional worshippers globally.
The ICIR announced this in a statement released by its President, Fayemi Fakayode, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday.
Fakayode said, “This gesture of our referred first class Oba has demonstrated his love for tradition and Yoruba culture and spirituality.
On behalf of the Council of Araba and Oluwo, under the Chairmanship of His Eminence, Awodotun Aworeni, the Araba/Olu-Isese Agbaye and all practitioners of Ifa and Orisa Worldwide, we thank His Imperial Majesty, Oba Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, for this good and historic gesture.
With this step, Ooni’s commitment to preserving and promoting Oduduwa’s cultural heritage and spirituality is obvious to all to see.
“This project is going to be the largest World Ifa Temple across the world, and it will serve as a major pilgrimage site for practitioners of Oduduwa’s spirituality across the globe.”
He revealed that the three-acre site is situated around the Stadium Area, Route 7, in Ile-Ife, Osun State, and that construction work is already underway.
It is worth noting that the International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR), headquartered at Oke-Itase, Ile-Ife, had recently requested the land for the development of what it describes as “the Largest World Ifa Temple” in Ile-Ife.
