A historic moment for India has arrived. This is the day hundreds of crores of Hindus, across the globe, have eagerly been waiting for centuries. The foundation stone laying ceremony for Shriram temple at Ayodhya will be held on Wednesday, August 5. Following are the highlights of the most sacred event.
* The PM Narendra Modi will lay a silver brick after 12:30 noon.
* The Bhoomi Pujan will be attended by 175 most eminent people across India who include UP CM Yogi Adityanadh and the governor Anandi Ben. Besides, renounced saints Tridandi Chinajeeyar Swami and Paripoornananda Swamy will also grace the event.
* A total of Rs.300 crore will be spent to construct the temple.
* Every guest who is invited to the greatest ritual will be gifted a silver coin as 'prasad'.
* Former MP CM Kamal Nath sent 11 silver bricks for Bhoomi Pujan.
* A moradabad based firm sent all the ritual accessories used at the foundation stone laying ceremony.
* The first invitation was received by Ansari who fought against the Ram temple over the decades. Interestingly, he felt it as a lord Ram's advice to him.
* BJP senior leaders Advani and Joshi will watch the ceremony through online.