Ram Mandir was inaugurated in place of Shaheed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed pooja along with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yoginath and then delivered a speech.
Narendra Modi also unveiled a 50 meter tall statue of the Hindu deity.
7 thousand people including politicians, actors and sportsmen participated in the opening ceremony.
On the other hand, the opposition termed the inauguration ceremony as a political show by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and RSS, while Congress leaders refused to participate in the ceremony.
The Tamil Nadu government ordered not to telecast live the opening ceremony of the Ram temple and banned Ram Puja in temples.
Chief Minister's rally for religious harmony in West Bengal
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a rally for religious harmony in Kolkata in which people of all religions participated.
Mamata Banerjee also visited the mosques en route to the rally.
It should be noted that in 2019, the Indian Supreme Court gave a controversial decision to hand over the Babri Masjid to Hindus.
Condemnation of construction of Ram Mandir in place of Babri Masjid in Pakistan
Pakistan has condemned the construction and consecration of the Ram temple in place of the demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
The spokesman of the Foreign Office says that the Babri Masjid was martyred by an extremist group on December 6, 1992. The Indian Supreme Court acquitted the criminals involved in this heinous act. It's part of the effort.
Background of Babri Masjid
In 1528, during the Mughal rule, the Babri Masjid was built in the present-day city of Ayodhya, India
The matter remained like this until the partition of the subcontinent, during which there were Hindu-Muslim conflicts over the Babri Masjid issue and the British Crown suppressed the issue by handing over the inner part of the mosque to the Muslims and the outer part to the Hindus to solve the problem.
In 1980, BJP leader LK Advani started a movement to build a Ram temple in place of the Babri Masjid.
In 1992, Hindu extremists gathered in Ayodhya from all over India and in the presence of thousands of security personnel destroyed the 16th century monument Babri Masjid on December 6, killing around 2,000 people.
The government locked the doors of the mosque, declaring it a controversial place due to Muslim-Hindu riots, after which several rounds of negotiations were held to resolve the issue, but no result could be reached.
On November 9, 2019, the Supreme Court of India handed over the mosque to the Hindus and ordered the construction of a temple instead of the mosque by establishing a central government trust, while the court also ordered the Muslims to provide an alternative place for the mosque. Ordered.