Monday, 30 September 2024
Monday, 30 September 2024
Premises of the Ram Mandir being decorated ahead of its consecration ceremony, in Ayodhya. The construction of the temple, which began after the Supreme Court awarded the site to Hindus in 2019 more than two decades after a Hindu mob razed a mosque there, triggering deadly riots, fulfils a key campaign promise of Modi and his Hindu nationalist party.
The Ram Lalla idol at the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Mandir ahead of its 'Pran Pratishthan' ceremony. The statue carved in black stone has its eyes covered with a yellow cloth and is adorned with a garland of roses.
NDRF personnel near the premises of the Ram Mandir, ahead of its consecration ceremony.
Workers and security personnel at a road leading to the Ram Mandir, ahead of its consecration ceremony. Along the Ram Path, where saffron flags bearing images of Lord Ram and the temple are on sale, the Uttar Pradesh government and other organisations have put up huge banners depicting the Ram temple along with photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Hindu devotees from the Gujarat state arrive in a bus ahead of the opening of the Hindu temple of Lord Ram, in Ayodhya.
Rapid Action Force (RAF) members patrol on a street ahead of the opening of the temple of Lord Ram.
Workers carve stones which will be used in the Lord Ram temple, ahead of its opening, in Ayodhya. The temple has already ushered an economic boom in Ayodhya, set to emerge as a pilgrimage hotspot for India's 1.1 billion Hindus, and property prices have skyrocketed.
A Hindu devotee prays at the tent city built for the pilgrims on the banks of the Sarayu river ahead of the opening of the temple of Lord Ram.
The fire that appeared from the 'arni' being established in the Navkunds ahead of the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple, in Ayodhya
Nemaram Prajapati, ahead of the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir. "I have not worn a pair of shoes since 1992, my resolution was that I will do so only after a Ram temple is built in Ayodhya. And, I have reached Ayodhya cycling from Ahmedabad barefoot to pay my obeisance to Prabhu Ram," Prajapati said.
Fishermen campaign ahead of the consecration ceremony of Ayodhya's Ram Temple.
Devotees at the Lata Mangeshkar Chowk, ahead of the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya.
Ram Kumar Das, 54, prays as part of a ritual around the temple of Lord Ram ahead of its opening in Ayodhya.
Sand artists sculpt a model depicting Lord Hanuman with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, ahead of the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya.
A Hindu devotee Davilal Namor, 37, shows a brick with Lord Ram written on it at a workshop.
An artist makes graffiti on a road, ahead of the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya.
Workers prepare 'laddoos', ahead of the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya.
