Ram Temple, Ayodhya

Hindu temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ram Mandir or Ram Temple is a Hindu temple in Ayodhya, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. The temple is built on the site of the historic Babri Mosque, that was attacked and demolished in 1992 by a group of Hindu extremists.[1][2] According to Hindus, the site is the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama.[3][4]

Ram mandir in 2024

The city (where the temple is), is considered holy by the Hindus.[5]

Opening (2024) change

The Prime minister of India, Narendra Modi held a ceremony in regard to the opening of the temple on 22 January 2024; Some people boycotted the ceremony, because the temple was not completed before the opening; That goes against beliefs of Hindu religion.[6] The Indian National Congress cancelled the invitation calling it a political event of RSS and BJP.[7]

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  1. Kiśora Kuṇāla; Patnaik, G. B. (2016). Ayodhyā revisited (Edition first ed.). New Delhi, India: Ocean Books Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-8430-357-5.
  2. Sethi, Manisha (2021-12-30). Communities and Courts: Religion and Law in Modern India. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-53785-7.
  3. "PM Modi leads temple ceremony at divisive holy site". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  4. "The complex history of India's Ayodhya holy site". BBC News. 2019-11-09. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  5. "Modi hails India's 'new era' with opening of major Hindu temple". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. "Ayodhya Ram Mandir: India PM Modi inaugurates Hindu temple on razed Babri mosque site". BBC News. 22 January 2024.
  7. "Ram temple event 50-year political project of BJP-RSS: Congress". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 24 January 2024.