Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Modi shared a video montage capturing the ceremony, wherein a new idol of Ram Lalla was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple.
In his post, Modi conveyed: “What we saw in Ayodhya yesterday, 22nd January, will be etched in our memories for years to come.”
Modi on Monday gave a clarion call to go beyond the grand mandir’s construction to build the foundation of a “strong, capable and divine” India of the next 1,000 years.
An idol of the new Ram Lalla was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on Monday, a landmark event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who also gave a clarion call to go beyond the grand mandir’s construction to build the foundation of a “strong, capable and divine” India of the next 1,000 years.
“January 22, 2024, is not merely a date in the calendar but heralds the advent of a new era,” Modi said after he performed a series of rituals in the ‘garbha griha (sanctum sanctorum)’ with the consecration taking place during an 84-second ‘Abhijeet muhurta’ starting at 12.29 pm.
During the monumental event on Monday, Prime Minister Modi not only presided over the consecration of the new Ram Lalla idol but also urged for a collective effort to transcend the temple’s grand construction, emphasizing the need to lay the groundwork for a “strong, capable, and divine” India for the next 1,000 years.
Meanwhile, the doors of the Ram temple in Ayodhya opened to the general public today.
A large number of devotees, both locals and visitors from other states, gathered outside the main gates for hours since late on Monday night, waiting to enter the premises.
Carrying flags bearing visages of Lord Ram and chanting “Jai Shri Ram”, the devotees waited for hours in the biting cold before the doors of the grand temple opened.
Waiting in the serpentine queues outside the temple were people who have been camping in Ayodhya since before the consecration ceremony, having made long and difficult journeys to reach the temple town.
