'I am emotional…': PM's special audio message ahead of Ram Mandir inauguration

'I am emotional…': PM's special audio message ahead of Ram Mandir inauguration

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released a special audio message ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. “I am emotional. I am overwhelmed with emotions. For the first time in life, I am experiencing such feelings,” the Prime Minister said, adding that he will start an 11-day ‘anusthan’ … Read more

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat formally invited to Ram temple consecration ceremony

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat formally invited to Ram temple consecration ceremony

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat received a formal invite to the January 22 consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday and said it was his “good fortune” to be a part of such a grand occasion. Ram temple construction committee chairperson Nripendra Misra and VHP working president Alok Kumar met Bhagwat here and … Read more

CPI(M) in Kerala says Congress’s ambivalence about attending Ayodhya Ram temple consecration will subvert secular ideal of INDIA bloc

CPI(M) in Kerala says Congress’s ambivalence about attending Ayodhya Ram temple consecration will subvert secular ideal of INDIA bloc

CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT A meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretariat on December 29 (Friday) reportedly drew a bleak political inference that the Congress’s alleged ambivalence about attending the consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya would subvert the anti-Hindutva politics that lay at … Read more

Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Hanumangarhi in Ayodhya, inspects construction of Ram temple

Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Hanumangarhi in Ayodhya, inspects construction of Ram temple

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath on Wednesday visited the temple town of Ayodhya to inspect the ongoing construction work of the Ram Temple in the city. During his visit to the town, he also prayed at the Hanumangarhi and Ram Temple. Notably, the construction of the temple is in the final stages. Prime Minister … Read more

U.P. engaging social media influencers to promote stories on Ram

U.P. engaging social media influencers to promote stories on Ram

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways General (Retd.) V.K. Singh visit Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir construction site, in Ayodhya. File | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh government has asked its cultural department to engage prominent social media influencers … Read more

Ram Lalla’s idol to be placed on 8-ft-tall gold-plated throne inside Ayodhya temple

Ram Lalla’s idol to be placed on 8-ft-tall gold-plated throne inside Ayodhya temple

A view of the carvings inside Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI The idol of Ram Lalla will be placed on an eight-feet-tall gold-plated marble throne inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, a member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust said on Tuesday. … Read more

Ram temple trust gets FCRA licence to receive foreign donations

Ram temple trust gets FCRA licence to receive foreign donations

Construction work of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple under way | Photo Credit: ANI The Ayodhya Ram temple trust, known as the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, on October 18 said that it has received a license to accept foreign donations under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The trust has already collected ₹3,500 crore in donations given … Read more

 In the name of Ram: Uttar Pradesh government’s initiatives to appropriate his identity

 In the name of Ram: Uttar Pradesh government’s initiatives to appropriate his identity

Construction work underway on the first floor of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, in Ayodhya. | Photo Credit: ANI Amid the construction of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, likely to be completed by January 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Uttar Pradesh Government is taking various other initiatives to establish the identity of Ram in … Read more

Congress calls for NIA probe against Assam CM, Ram Madhav

Congress calls for NIA probe against Assam CM, Ram Madhav

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. File | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath The Congress on Thursday demanded that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigate the revelations made by the chief of the United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF), S.S. Haokip, that his organisation and some other militant organisations supported and helped the Bharatiya Janata Party win … Read more

In West Bengal, politics over Ram Navami processions a new phenomenon

In West Bengal, politics over Ram Navami processions a new phenomenon

Devotees participate in a procession on the occasion of Ram Navmi, in Kolkata, Thursday, March 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Celebrating festivals comes easily to the people of West Bengal and the State is often referred to as the land of “ Baro mashe tero parbon (13 festivals in 12 months)”. However, over the past few … Read more