The pran pratishtha (consecration) rituals will be conducted during the ‘Abhijit Muhurta’ which is going to last just 84 seconds. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over the consecration rituals of the Ram Lalla idol from 12:29:03 pm to 12:30:35 pm during the auspicious ‘muhurta’.

The consecration rituals for the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ started from the Saryu river on January 16 and will be completed on Monday afternoon in the ‘abhijeet muhurta’, according to the trust.

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PM Modi will spend around four hours in Ayodhya for the ceremony and other events.

The grand pran pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Lalla idol is only a few hours away with guests from all walks of life, including saints, Bollywood celebrities, political leaders and sportspersons, arriving in the temple town.

Streetlights on flyovers have been decorated with artwork depicting Lord Ram as well as cutouts of bow and arrow, and ornamental lampposts carry designs themed on the traditional “Ramanandi tilak”.

While more than 7,000 people are on the list of invitees for the event, the select list features 506 A-listers. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, and sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar are among the prominent people invited to the event.

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Those attending the “Pran Prathishtha” also include people linked to the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation. Almost all opposition leaders invited to the ceremony have declined to be in attendance, with the Congress calling it a “BJP-RSS event”.

The consecration ceremony is being held after the first phase of the temple’s construction, made possible by a historic Supreme Court judgment in 2019 on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. The Hindu litigants argued that the Babri Mosque was constructed at the site of a temple marking the birthplace of Lord Ram.

In 1992, the 16th century mosque was demolished by “kar sevaks”.