Devotees visited temples in the city. The temples were decorated with diyas to celebrate the day.
------ People light 'diyas' to celebrate the the inauguration of Ayodhya's Ram Temple, at New Delhi Kalibari, in the capital on Monday.----Subrata Dutta----22--0124
People in the national capital celebrated the consecration (‘pran-pratishtha’ ) ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya by lighting diyas in their homes like ‘Deepawali’ on Monday evening.
Devotees visited temples in the city. The temples were decorated with diyas to celebrate the day.
Buildings, apartments and homes in the city were decked up with diyas with people bursting crackers to mark the occasion.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi lit ‘Ram Jyoti’ diyas at his residence in Delhi to celebrate the occasion.
In a post on X, Prime Minister Modi shared pictures of him lighting ‘Ram Jyoti’.
Earlier, in a post on X, Modi urged citizens to light the ‘Ram Jyoti’ on the auspicious occasion of Pran Pratishtha ceremony and welcome Shri Ram Lalla.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with his family lit ‘Ram Jyoti’ diyas to celebrate Ayodhya Ram Temple ‘Pran Pratishtha’ in the national capital while BJP national president JP Nadda along with his family lit oil lamps at his residence in Delhi.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi attended ‘Deepotsav’ at Connaught Place to celebrate the day.
Lekhi said: “Look at the enthusiasm of people. When Lord Rama returned from ‘vanvaas’ after 14 years, it was Diwali but now he has returned after 500 years so this is ‘Maha Diwali’.”
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