BJP adds Ram Mandir illustration on social media handles ahead of inauguration in Ayodhya

Ahead of the highly-anticipated inauguration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has added the Ram Mandir illustration on its social media handles.

 

 

 

 

The header of BJP's X (formerly known as Twitter) account depicts an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President JP Nadda with Ram Mandir in the backdrop and the inauguration date of January 22, 2024, written in Hindi.

 

 

Regarding the illustration, Amit Malviya, the head of the BJP's information technology cell, stated that the modification was in line with the recent G20 Summit trend.

 

“In the run-up to the G20 Summit held in New Delhi, we used images connected to that event, and now with the inauguration of the Ram Temple imminent, we have made this change,” Malviya was quoted as saying by The Hindu.

 

Ram Mandir's Pran Prathishta

After decades of court cases and several controversies, the Supreme Court in 2019, granted the land to the Hindu side to build the Ram Mandir. PM Modi laid the foundation stone (Bhumi puja) in August 2020 and over three years later, he will be there to attend the Pran Prathishta on January 22.

Champat Rai, general secretary of the Sri Ram Janmbhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, under whose aegis the temple is being constructed, had met PM Modi in October and confirmed that a Bhagwan Ram idol will be installed in the sanctum sanctorum with the BJP leader attending the ceremony. Devotees are highly-anticipating to visit the temple.