In 11 months since it was set up, the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has collected a little over Rs 100 crore. It has tentatively pegged the cost of temple in Ayodhya at Rs 1,500 crore.
Nritya Gopal Das had last week attended Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan in Ayodhya along with PM Modi, UP CM Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel, among others.
The Hanuman statue will 6 m shorter than the one of Lord Ram being built in Ayodhya. Karnataka govt says it will connect it to the Ramayana Circuit being planned by Modi govt.
Two days ago, Uma Bharti had said she won’t attend the programme because she might pick up Covid infection on the way from Bhopal and could pass it on to others at the ceremony.
These families lost their loved ones when UP Police opened fire on kar sevaks who gathered in Ayodhya to march on Babri masjid in October-November 1990.
No one from Shiv Sena is invited for Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan, though people linked with the struggle for the temple will all be there. Party says what's happening in Ayodhya is showmanship.
The Ram temple trust had sent an invitation to the Janaki temple priest for the Ayodhya ceremony. Last month, Nepal PM Oli had claimed Ram’s birthplace was not in India but Nepal.
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A 1500 crore temple in a country with 400 plus million bpl?!!!