PM Modi visits Ram Mandir for first time since ‘Pran Pratishtha’, offers prayers before roadshow

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday May 5 offered prayers at the Ram temple in Ayodhya before he began a roadshow in the holy town. “This is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit to the Ram temple in Ayodhya after the ‘pran pratishtha’ (consecration) ceremony held on January 22,” VHP media in-charge Sharad Sharma told PTI.

PM Modi in a post on social media platform X shared a video of his visit. “At Ayodhya, prayed to Prabhu Shri Ram for the well being of my fellow 140 crore Indians,” he wrote.

At Ayodhya, prayed to Prabhu Shri Ram for the well being of my fellow 140 crore Indians. pic.twitter.com/ulwNmktZ2e

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 5, 2024

The entrance gates to the temple were decorated with flowers, with ‘Om’ formed with yellow petals. Replicas of a bow and an arrow made using flowers were also seen at various places. According to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, Ram Lalla seated in the temple wore a light pink attire on Sunday.

Voting in the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat, under which the Ayodhya district falls, will take place in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20. The prime minister embarked on the roadshow after offering prayers at the temple. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP’s Faizabad candidate Lallu Singh accompanied him.

A group of saree-clad women walked in front of the prime minister’s vehicle.

Holding an illuminated lotus (the BJP’s election symbol), Modi waved and greeted the people standing on the sides of the road as his vehicle moved past.

The roadshow began from the temple’s entrance and will conclude at the Naya Ghat Road crossing, two kilometres away, party officials said.

Modi, who has been campaigning in Jharkhand and Gujarat, arrived in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and took out a mega roadshow in Kanpur.

Before arriving in Ayodhya, Modi addressed a public meeting in Samajwadi Party stronghold Etawah and a rally in Dhaurahra.

(With inputs from PTI)

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KV Prasad Journo follow politics, process in Parliament and US Congress. Former Congressional APSA-Fulbright Fellow