As the Kumbabhishekam ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya took centre stage on Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressed her gratitude to the Madras High Court for ruling in favour of televising the event.
Hundreds of devotees thronged Godavari Dham in Rajasthan's Kota as the nation celebrated Ram Lalla's Pran Pratishtha on Monday.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also reached Godavari Dham to offer prayers. Vishwa Puja was conducted, and a huge crowd, along with Om Birla, worshipped and watched the
Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious (HR) and Charitable Endowments (CE) Minister PK Sekar Babu on Monday rejected the BJP's allegation that the state government placed restrictions on the public watching of the live telecast of the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
As the Pran Pratishtha of Ram Lalla began at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda offered prayers and watched the live telecast of the grand ceremony at Jhandewalan Temple here in the national capital on Monday.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday accused the "Hindu-hating" DMK of misusing the Tamil Nadu police to suppress the Ram devotees' right to watch the live telecast of 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
"The Hon Madras High Court has ordered that there shall be no restrictions on telecasting the Pran Pratishtha live on private premises," Annamalai said in a post on X.
Tamil Nadu Police on Monday removed the LED screens placed in a temple in the Kanchipuram district where Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was going to watch the live telecast of Ram Lalla's Pran Prathistha ceremony.