Ayodhya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and VIPs including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are attending the ground-breaking ceremony of a temple to Lord Ram at Ayodhya today.
The grand event meets a decades-long political promise core to the ruling BJP’s ideology. Modi returned to Ayodhya after 29 years today for the Ram Temple groundbreaking ceremony.
The Uttar Pradesh government said that Modi is the first Prime Minister to visit Ram Janmabhoomi. Religious leaders who have arrived at Ayodhya for ‘Bhoomi Poojan’ of Ram Temple said, “Today marks the end of a long struggle. It will be a historical day.”
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted: “In many homes, a rangoli/kolam is made afresh each day with rice powder. This, today, in the little temple at my place.”
Amid the Covid-19 epidemic, only a limited amount of people i.e 175 will be able to be a part of this groundbreaking ceremony while for other devotees, the event will be streamed live.