The Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be consecrated amid much fanfare at 12:20 pm IST on 22 January 2024. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other dignitaries, including athletes, movie stars, spiritual leaders, and businesspersons, will grace the occasion.

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Mauritius Foreign Minister Maneesh Gobin has termed Ram temple consecration ceremony as "international global event" and a "Diwali". Speaking to our Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal exclusively from Mauritius, he said, "Since December, it has started and nowadays it is like a build up.

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An 85-year-old woman from Jharkhand will break her 32-year-long ‘maun vrat’ or vow of silence on January 22 with the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The woman’s vow is a testament to people’s devotion to Lord Ram and the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

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In the wake of the Ram Temple consecration ceremony, which is set to take place on January 22 in India's temple city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, the state's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered all the liquor shops to remain closed and all educational institutions to be shut.

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