Auspicious moment at 12:48 pm, held peacefully
Ayodhya( Uttar Pradesh ) : As many as 175 eminent guests, including 135 seers have been invited for the ground-breaking ceremony of the laying stone of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya today.
PM Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Hanumangarhi temple soon after he landed in the riverside town of Ayodhya. Then he headed straight to the Ram temple for the ceremony. PM offered dandavat pranam and Aarti to Ramlalla. After planting ‘parijata’ sapling at Ram lalla temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived ‘bhoomi pujan’ venue. He takes the seat for bhoomi pujan along with Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath , governor Anandiben Patel, and RSS chief Bhagwat and performs bhumipuja.
PM Modi used a 40kg silver brick to lay the foundation of the temple where vedic rituals by a group of 21 priests had started 3 days earlier.