India’s Modi opens controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya
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Modi opens Ayodhya's sprawling Ram temple in pre-election spectacle
NEW DELHI/AYODHYA, India -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday led the inauguration of a sprawling Hindu temple built on a site that was once a flashpoint of Hindu-Muslim conflict, an event seen as a milestone on his road to reelection.
‘A new era’: India’s Modi opens controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya ahead of key elections
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a temple to the Hindu god Ram at the site of a razed mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya, an event analysts say signifies the start of election campaigning for his party while fulfilling a longstanding promise to its Hindu support base.
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Ram temple is inaugurated in northern Ayodhya city 32 years after a Hindu nationalist mob demolished the Mughal era Babri mosque.
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Temple’s consecration marks an unofficial start to the Hindu nationalist leader’s re-election campaign in polls later this year.