As of now, people are allowed to pay obeisance to Ram Lalla in main temple complex in Ayodhya only and thereafter they have ...

WHY DOES IT MATTER? The idol represents Ram as a five-year-old child, as many Hindus consider the temple site to have been the deity’s birthplace and where he spent his childhood.

The temple, a three-story structure clad in pink sandstone, stretches across more than seven acres of a 70-acre complex. It will have a 4.25-foot idol of Lord Ram, who Hindus believe was born on ...

A general view of the audience during the opening of the Ram Mandir, a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram, in Ayodhya, India, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) ...

More Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images Ram Mandir, a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram at his believed birthplace, has long been a focal point of religious and socio-political discussions in India.

Workers are seen at the construction site of the Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya, India, on Dec. 29, 2023. Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images ...

Dressed in a traditional kurta tunic, Modi led the consecration ceremony as Hindu priests chanted hymns and a 4.25-foot statue of Lord Ram was unveiled in the temple’s inner sanctum. Indian Air ...

Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP has campaigned for decades to construct a temple at the site, widely believed by devotees to be where Lord Ram, one of the most revered deities in Hinduism, was born ...

LUCKNOW: The Ram Mandir in Ayodhya has been decked up to its divine glory for the second phase of consecration of Lord Ram as King along with his family and courtiers – in Ram Darbar – on the ...

Ayodhya's Ram Mandir, one of India’s most iconic temples, symbolises spiritual and architectural excellence. The temple is built with intricately carved Rajasthani pink sandstone and Makrana ...

A general view of the audience during the opening of the Ram Mandir, a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram, in Ayodhya, India, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) ...

Today, the inauguration of the Ram Mandir (temple) has become a tour de force in India. Hindus from all walks of life have come to embrace their faith more overtly than before.