Bringing an end to the 500-year-long ‘exile’ of Lord Ram, the new idol of Ram Lalla, in its five-year-old form, was consecrated in Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were witness to the historic moment when the face of Ram Lalla was unveiled for the first time after its Pran Pratishtha. The Prime Minister offered prayers to the deity and also performed ‘aarti’ on the occasion. He also performed ‘Dandavat Pranam’ at the Shri Ram Janmaboomi Temple in Ayodhya. The rituals began at around 12 pm today…
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A multi-layer security cover is in place in Ayodhya for the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple, with 10,000 CCTV cameras and drones equipped with artificial intelligence keeping an eye on the movement of people and police personnel in plain clothes deployed at the venue. From Dharam Path and Ram Path here, which are witnessing a huge influx of devotees, to bylanes of the Hanumangarhi area and Asharfi Bhavan road, policemen can be seen patrolling the streets. The consecration ceremony will begin at 12.20 pm and is expected to end at 1 pm. PM Modi will then address a gathering…
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the party’s IT Cell head Amit Malviya on Sunday posted a video clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on X in which he claimed that Gandhi was seen losing his cool over a crowd chanting Jai Shri Ram and Modi-Modi slogans. “Rahul Gandhi lost his cool after Jai Shri Ram and Modi Modi slogans were raised in his presence. If this is how rattled he is, how will he face the people of this country in days ahead, after the anti-Hindu Congress rejected the invite to be part of the Pran Pratistha in Ayodhya?,”…
Heartbreaking stories shared by the Washington Post reveal the devastating impact of forced child marriages on vulnerable Afghan children. In the face of extreme poverty, parents, grappling with financial desperation, are compelled to sell their daughters, some as young as six, to survive. The lives of five young girls – Khoshbakht, Saliha, Fawzia, Benazir, and Nazia – are profoundly shaped by the grim realities of forced child marriages. All of them were sold into marriage before the age of nine. They were sold by their parents, who didn’t see another way out of hunger and poverty. If they wanted their families to…
Ayodhya is bustling with religious fervour as thousands, including foreign devotees, have congregated in the temple town to attend the consecration ceremony, which will mark the culmination of rituals to inaugurate the temple. On Sunday, the bathing of the Ram Lalla idol with water from 114 Kalash (vases) will take place. “On Sunday, the daily puja of the deities with Havan will be done. After that, the bathing of the idol with various medicated water from 114 Kalash (vases) will take place. There will be ‘Vyahati Hom’, night vigil, with regular evening puja and aarti,” Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth posted…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited various significant temples in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. PM Modi participated in a programme at Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Tiruchirappalli. Prime Minister also listened to various scholars reciting verses from the Kamba Ramayanam in this temple. PM Modi worshipped in the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple while clad in traditional Tamil attire. During his visit to this ancient shrine of Tamil Nadu, Modi wore a spotless ‘veshti’ (dhothi) and an angawastram (a shawl) and prayed with folded hands in the Lord Vishnu temple. He took blessings from the temple elephant after feeding it. Modi prayed to Sri…
Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik has married actress Sana Javed amid rumours of his separation from Tennis icon Sania Mirza. Shoaib posted a picture on his social media handles with Sana. “Alhamdullilah. And We created you in pairs,” Shoaib wrote on his social media. Notably, Sania had recently shared a cryptic social media post, which added to the rumours of the couple’s divorce. “Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard. Obesity is hard. Being fit is hard. Choose your hard. Being in debt is hard. Being financially disciplined is hard. Choose your hard. Communication is hard. Not communicating is hard. Choose…
The government will stop free movement of people at the Myanmar border, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. His remarks come amid reports of high number of Myanmar soldiers and citizens fleeing into India to escape ethnic clashes. “The India-Myanmar border will be protected like the Bangladesh border… The Government of India will stop the free movement with Myanmar,” Shah said addressing the passing out parade of the first batch of the five newly-constituted Assam Police Commando battalions. Reports had earlier claimed that the government was planning to end the Free Movement Regime (FMR), which allows people residing…
The first image of the Ram Lalla idol became public on Friday, three days before the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony here on January 22. The statue carved in black stone has its eyes covered with a yellow cloth and is adorned with a garland of roses, Sharad Sharma, an office-bearer of the Vishva Hindu Parishad said. In the picture released by VHP, Ram Lalla is in a standing posture. On Thursday afternoon, the new idol of Lord Ram was placed in the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, ahead of the consecration ceremony. The first image of the Ram Lalla idol became…
The International Press Institute (IPI) global network firmly condemns apparent efforts by Russia’s military to step up attacks on hotels and other civilian infrastructure popular among journalists working in Ukraine. In just over a week, two such hotels were destroyed in the eastern city of Kharkiv, leaving multiple journalists wounded and leading other correspondents to end their reporting trips ahead of schedule. On December 30, a Russian missile struck Kharkiv Palace Hote, which is located in the center of the city. Two media workers were wounded in the attack: Svitlana Dolbysheva, a Ukrainian translator and producer working for the German TV channel ZDF,…