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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicRam temple

Topic: Ram temple

Meet the crack team behind Ayodhya’s transformation into modern temple town

Ahead of consecration at Ram temple on 22 January, a team of civil servants, police officers and architects is working tirelessly to transform Ayodhya into a modern temple town.

‘Congress never opposed Ram temple’: Group of party leaders from UP to visit Ayodhya on 15 Jan

Avinash Pande, who replaced Priyanka Gandhi as national general secretary incharge of UP last month, says visit to Ram temple in Ayodhya not a political move but a matter of faith.

‘For BJP, Ram temple is more about political gain than religious sentiments,’ says Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Ayodhya joy sweeps NCR RWAs. LED screens, Ram recitals, temple replicas, havans

RWAs and housing societies have become the driving force of the Ram temple outreach programmes of the VHP and RSS across Delhi, Noida, and Gurugram.

20 crore Muslims have moved on from Babri Masjid and Ayodhya. Owaisi must as well

Asaduddin Owaisi says that the memory of Babri Masjid would forever remain etched in his mind. Why is the Hyderabad MP so determined to fan the flames of the past?

Tucked away in ravines near Agra, an ashram gears up to celebrate ‘second homecoming’ of Ram

‘Kalash yatra’ & ‘bhandara’ to be organised at Shringi Rishi Ashram, near Agra’s Singna village, on 22 January to celebrate consecration of idol of Ram at temple in Ayodhya.

Ram Aayenge is the new Ayodhya anthem. But race to sing at Ram temple opening heating up

Artists are now competing against each other to not just offer hits but also be anointed as the ‘it’ song of Ayodhya. Ram is the flavour of the season.

Ramayan is back on Indian TV—this time on news channels

Since PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Ayodhya to inaugurate several projects, we have watched in wonder as almost all the news channels devoted themselves to ‘celebrating Diwali’.

Rama and the King: How an ancient hero was used by Pala poets, Chola emperors

For centuries, Rama has been used by litterateurs and rulers to legitimise themselves.

Chhattisgarh declares 22 January ‘Dry Day’ to mark Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration

CM Vishnu Deo Sai says the state’s rice millers association has sent 300 metric tonnes of aromatic rice to Ayodhya for the ceremony.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.