
India's Modi inaugurates a long-promised but controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya
NPRIndia's Modi inaugurates a long-promised but controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya Enlarge this image toggle caption Press Information Bureau/AP Press Information Bureau/AP AYODHYA, India — With priests chanting and blowing conch shells, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration of a controversial Hindu temple in this north Indian town on Monday. Enlarge this image toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR Diaa Hadid/NPR Enlarge this image toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR Diaa Hadid/NPR Until the Supreme Court's verdict in 2019, an idol of Lord Ram was kept in a tent near the site where the temple has now been built — a grand temple that many Indians have long hoped to see. Enlarge this image toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR Diaa Hadid/NPR Enlarge this image toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR Diaa Hadid/NPR Many Indian public schools and colleges declared a holiday on Monday, and civil servants working for the central government and some states were given a half-day off. Enlarge this image toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR Diaa Hadid/NPR Enlarge this image toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR Diaa Hadid/NPR The Babri Masjid is not the only structure Hindu nationalists have sought to tear down over the years, claiming they were built on temple sites.
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