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On Jan. 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Executive power will symbolically fuse with the Hindu religion harking back to myths of Indian rulers as incarnations of Supreme Lord Vishnu at the former site of the Babri Mosque, demolished by self-styled “angry Hindus” in 1992. Indian children will celebrate the mytholog.
The very fact that thought leaders from all walks of life gathered for the consecration is a testament to the fact that the society at large is in consonance with the Prime Minister as far as ‘spiritual nationalism’ is concerned
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