India PM Modi inaugurates Ayodhya Ram Mandir
India’s PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated a grand temple to Hindu god Ram in the flashpoint city of Ayodhya.
The temple replaces a 16th-Century mosque razed by Hindu mobs in 1992. The demolition had sparked nationwide riots in which nearly 2,000 people died.
Thousands of invited guests, including top film stars and cricketers, attended the event in Ayodhya.
Hindus believe that chanting of mantras and a set of rituals performed around a fire will infuse sacred life in an idol or a photograph of a deity
(BBC)
