Ayodhya, Lest We Forget: The Ram Mandir Story

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)

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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)

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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)

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

The two views of Lord Ram

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The story of Ram’s militant makeover

The dazzle (photo: @ShriRamTeerth/X)

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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)

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

The TISS campus

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

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

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Whose Ayodhya is it anyway?

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

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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)

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#AyodhyaDiary: The BJP's celebrity endorsement pack

Kar sevaks atop the domes of Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992

Book Extract

Ayodhya—The Dark Night: The Secret History of Rama's Appearance in Babri Masjid

In the iconic image of Ram, Sita and Lakshman in the durbar of their Ram Rajya in Ayodhya, Ram and Lakshman hold their bows in a gentle grip, their faces benevolent; Sita's hand is raised in abhaymudra, signifying that petitioners need not fear.

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"Why the RSS people don’t say 'Jai Siyaram'!"

The notice accuses Amazon of "deceptive trade practices" in the sale of sweets under the name 'Shri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad' (photo: National Herald archives)

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Notice to Amazon over "deceptive trade practices" with Ram Temple prasad

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