Ayodhya, Lest We Forget

(From left): L.K. Advani, Manmohan Singh and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the Akshardham opening (photo: Dr Ranjan/X)

POLITICS

#AyodhyaDiary: On this day, a reminder of another temple

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Viajayan made it a point to avoid state concessions to the Ram Temple inauguration in Ayodhya, and was out distributing land deeds to tribal families in Malappuram (photo courtesy @pinarayivijayan/X)

Nation

#AyodhyaDiary: The states that wouldn't shut down

The Preamble to the Constitution declares us a 'sovereign socialist secular democratic republic', below an image of the national flower, the lotus. Many on social media upheld it in the run-up to the 22 January 2023 Ayodhya Ram Temple inauguration

POLITICS

#AyodhyaDiary: Celebs, netizens find astha in secular India's Preamble as Ram 'returns'

The TN government is to record the number of applications submitted to livestream the ceremony, number of permissions granted and denied, with reasons (photo: National Herald archives)

Nation

Ram Temple live screening: Record reasons for rejection, says SC to Tamil Nadu

Redevelopment as a replacement project: (left) the iconic image of kar sevaks demolishing the Babri Masjid, vs model of a futuristic new Ayodhya mosque shorn of all Indo-Islamic architectural inflection (photo: National Herald archives)

Opinion

Herald View: In Ayodhya, the birth of a temple, the death of a culture

Screengrab from lawyer Suranya Aiyar's statement on her 'Protest Fast against (the) January 22 Production' in Ayodhya, around the Ram Temple (courtesy @suranyaaiyar3853/YouTube)

Opinion

"I condemn & repudiate what is being done in the name of Hinduism in Ayodhya"

The two views of Lord Ram

Opinion

The story of Ram’s militant makeover

The dazzle (photo: @ShriRamTeerth/X)

Opinion

Shankaracharyas to Cameracharyas: Disneyfication of Ayodhya almost complete

Hindu litigants rejoice after the Supreme Court verdict in their favour in the Ramjanmabhoomi–Babri Masjid case (photo: National Herald archives)

Nation

#AyodhyaDiary: State holidays, dry days & Directive Principles of India

The TISS campus

Nation

Ram temple: TISS warns students against holding protests, IITB plans gaushala opening

A gigantic film set? (photo: @ShriRamTeerth/X)

Opinion

Whose Ayodhya is it anyway?

An aerial view of the temple complex from November 2023 (photo: @ShriRamTeerth/X)

Opinion

The most dire threat yet to India's secular ideal

Actor Kangana Ranaut arrives at Ayodhya airport, with a garland of marigolds wrapped around her wrist to match her golden saree, a day ahead of the Ram Mandir inauguration (photo courtesy @lucknow_updates/X)

Nation

#AyodhyaDiary: The BJP's celebrity endorsement pack

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