Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hoisted a saffron flag at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, marking the completion of its construction.

“Today, the entire India and the whole world are imbued with Ram,” The Indian Express quoted Modi as saying at the ceremony. “…Centuries-old wounds are being healed, centuries of torture are finding respite, and a centuries-old resolve is achieving fulfillment today.”

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath were also present at the ceremony, The Hindu reported. The RSS is the parent organisation of the ruling BJP.

The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished on December 6, 1992, by Hindu extremists who claimed that an ancient Ram temple stood on the site.

In 2019, a Supreme Court bench directed that the plot be allotted to a trust that would oversee the construction of a Ram temple, while a separate five-acre plot be allotted in Ayodhya to Muslims for constructing a mosque.

Over four years later, the Ram temple wasinaugurated in Ayodhya in a ceremony led by Modi on January 22, 2024.

To witness the Dharma Dhwajarohan Utsav at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir is a moment crores of people in India and the world have waited for. History has been made in Ayodhya and this inspires us even more to walk the path shown by...

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