“(Today) is the beginning of a new time cycle,” Modi said at the new temple honoring Hindu deity Lord Ram.
“After centuries of waiting, our Ram has arrived.”Modi’s vision of a “divine India” is a far cry from the ideas of the modern country’s founding fathers.
“India becomes a de facto Hindu nation, where the task of building national Hindu religious symbols falls to the state.
And he reiterated his party’s desire to build the Ram Temple on the contested holy site.
Hindu groups have for decades claimed the Mughals destroyed Hindu temples, building mosques and other monuments in their place.
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