Prime Minister Narendra Modi could offer inaugural prayers there between 11 am and noon on that day. “It was decided at a meeting two days ago that the Prime Minister would offer the first prayer at the new Ram temple on January 22.
The PMO has agreed to it but it would be unwise on our part to announce the chief guest’s programme. The PMO will announce it soon if everything goes well.
The temple will be opened for the general public on January 26,” the daily quoted a senior government official as saying.
Earlier, the Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust had issued its appeal to VIPs without citing any reason.”Chief ministers, governors, ambassadors and all those who enjoy visit-and-security-related protocol shouldn’t come to Ayodhya on January 22.
We or the local administration wouldn’t be able to welcome them,” Champat Rai, general secretary of the trust, told reporters at his office in the temple town on Friday, October 13. However, he had sidestepped questions if the inauguration of the temple was being planned on the said day.
He also asked devotees abroad planning to offer prayers at the temple to get in touch with the foreign department of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, where he said a contact person has been appointed for each country. “These contact persons will coordinate with the Ayodhya administration and fix a day for devotees from every county to offer prayers here,” he added.
