Ayodhya’s new avatar: How the Ram temple project, more a political than a religious undertaking, has changed the city irrevocably
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Ayodhya’s new avatar: How the Ram temple project, more a political than a religious undertaking, has changed the city irrevocably

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 22, 2024 11:48 IST - 9 MINS READ It was the second week of January and Ayodhya was in a race against time. The government machinery and the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, a trust set up for the construction and management of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, was leaving no stone unturned to transform the once quiet town of temples, dharamshalas, as well as of Buddhist, Jain, and Muslim sites into what is being described as India’s “cultural capital”. Highlights The BJP-led State and Central governments, branding the inauguration of the Ram temple event as the culmination of 500 years of waiting, plan to transform Ayodhya into a pilgrimage metropolis. “Those trying to capitalise on Ayodhya and Ram don’t understand their character.” On January 11, this reporter visited the Ram Ki Paidi ghats on the banks of the Saryu. Hindutva supporters who live outside Ayodhya have no understanding of our local culture and history.” Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims that Ram belongs to the entire country, a chowk on Ram Path was named after Lata Mangeshkar last year, while Ayodhya’s famed singer Begum Akhtar has been overlooked.

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