The Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has accelerated preparations for the opening of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya in the first week of January next year.
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on Wednesday highlighted the strong ties between New Delhi and Canberra and said that the friendly relations will not be disrupted by attacks on temples or activities of separatist elements in Australia.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised the issue of attacks on temples in Australia and said that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had assured to take "strict actions against such elements in the future."
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) issued a circular to all temples under it to not allow mass drills and other activities organised by the RSS on temple premises.
Travancore Devaswom Board president K Ananthagopan on Tuesday said that the temples are for the believers and no other activities will be allowed in them after the board re-issued its circular banning mass drills and other exercises organized by RSS on temple premises.
Stating that all types of drills and practices should be prevented on the premises of temples, which he said is the common property of believers, he said that "about 90 per cent of the Hindus in Kerala are against the Sangh Pariwar."
"The contribution made by Maharaj ji for the Shri Ram temple being built in Ayodhya is incomparable, to which the entire Sanatan Samaj will always be indebted," CM Dhami said.