AYODHYA, India (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration on Monday of a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram on a site believed to be his birthplace, in a historic event for the Hindu majority of the world's most populous nation. "The supernatural moment of the consecration . is going to leave everyone emotional," Modi posted on social network X minutes before the ceremony began. He chanted Hindu religious verses before placing flower petals at the feet of the deity and clasped his palms in prayer, then bowed before it and circled a sacred flame, while outside, a military helicopter showered petals on the temple.
Ayodhya/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his 11-day fasting after the "Pran Prathistha" ceremony of Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on Monday.
AYODHYA, India (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration on Monday of a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram on a site believed to be his birthplace, in a historic event for the Hindu majority of the world's most populous nation.