“Ram is not a dispute, he is a solution Says PM Modi
NEW DELHI : January 22, 2024, is not a day on the calendar but it is the beginning of a new kaal chakra – a cycle of time, Modi claimed. “We have broken the mind-frame of slavery and embraced a new history.
A thousand years from now, people will think of this date,” Prime Minister arendra Modi said,Laying down a vision for the country’s development in the future, the Prime Minister said, “Ram’s temple has been built. Now what? Every citizen’s consciousness should extend from dev (god) to desh (country) and from Ram to “rashtra” (nation).”
The Ram Lalla idol at the under construction Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on the site where the Babri Masjid once stood – was consecrated on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking centre stage during the rituals. He was joined by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath and Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel.
The newly-inaugurated airport welcomed more than 39 private jets in less than 30 hours as Bollywood celebrities, business tycoons, artists, and sports persons flocked to attend the historic inauguration of the Ram Temple. A huge group of actors and celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Chiranjeevi, and couples Alia Bhatt-Ranbir Kapoor, and Vicky Kaushal-Katrina Kaif attended the Ram temple’s consecration in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya today.
Filmmakers Rohit Shetty and Rajkumar Hirani; actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Madhuri Dixit Nene along with her husband Sriram Nene, and producer Mahaveer Jain also came to the temple town. Many were seen clicking selfies at their seats when PM Modi started addressing people. Some of those seen taking selfies were Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Rohit Shetty, Katrina Kaif, Ayushmann Khurrana, Madhuri Dixit, Rajkumar Hirani, Akash Ambani, and Vicky Kaushal.
Meanwhile, Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former deputy prime minister L.K. Advani stayed away from the pran pratishtha ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, citing the extreme cold conditions in north India. Advani led the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in the 1990s, and his rath yatra culminated in the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.
Advani is now 96. The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra had reportedly told him and his colleague, Murli Manohar Joshi, not to attend the January 22 ceremony. However, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad then made a show of inviting th
e two senior BJP leaders.The ceremony on Monday was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
After performing the much-awaited Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha Ceremony in Ayodhya today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his speech by saying “Ram aa gye hai (Ram has arrived)”.
He said Lord Ram will no longer live in a tent but will now reside in a magnificent temple. Modi addressed a gathering of thousands of people in Ayodhya, following the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ rituals at Ram Mandir Modi today said, “Our Ram has finally arrived.” “I have come before you are witnessing the divine consciousness in the temple’s sanctum sanctorum. There’s so much to say but, but there’s a lump in my throat. After unprecedented patience, innumerable sacrifices and penance, our Lord Ram has arrived. I congratulate the country on this occasion,” the Prime Minister said.
Ram Lalla, he said, will “no longer live in a tent”. Saying that this moment of consecration is a blessing from Lord Ram, he said January 22 is “not a date on a calendar, but the dawn of a new era”. Equating the consecration ceremony with breaking free of a mindset of slavery, he said it is a blessing that we are alive to witness this historic event.”Even after thousands of years, people will remember this date, moment. It is Ram’s supreme blessings that we are witnessing it,” he said. He also sought forgiveness from the deity and said there must have been some lapse because of which it took so long to reach this point.
Saying that “Ram’s existence was questioned”, Modi said, “In India’s Constitution, in its first page, there’s Lord Ram. I thank the Supreme Court for maintaining the dignity of law.
“Some people, he said, had warned that the construction of the Ram Temple will light a fire. “Such people could not understand the purity of India’s social consciousness. The construction of this temple of Ram Lalla is also a symbol of the Indian society’s peace, patience and mutual harmony. We can see this has not given birth to a fire, but an energy,” he said.
“Ram is not a fire, he is an energy. Ram is not a dispute, he is a solution. Ram is not just ours, he is everyone’s,” the Prime Minister said, adding, “Today, we did not just see the pran pratishtha of Ram Lalla’s idol, but also the pran pratishtha of the unbreakable unity of India.”
Modi thanked the judiciary for clearing the way for the temple. “The legal battle over the existence of Lord Ram went on for decades. I would like to express my gratitude to the judiciary of India for doing justice,” he said. Modi also notably named kar sevaks in a list of groups he thanked for this present moment. Kar sevaks, the term for Sangh Parivar foot soldiers, had brought the Babri Masjid down at the same spot in 1992.
(Bureau Reports with Media Inputs).
