Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a large gathering following the ‘pran pratistha’ rituals at the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya, declared, “Our Ram has finally arrived.”
Modi expressed his overwhelming emotions as he witnessed the divine consciousness in the temple’s sanctum sanctorum. “After unprecedented patience, innumerable sacrifices and penance, our Lord Ram has arrived. I congratulate the country on this occasion,” he said.
The Prime Minister affirmed that Ram Lalla will “no longer live in a tent” and described the moment of consecration as a blessing from Lord Ram. He proclaimed January 22 as “not a date on a calendar, but the dawn of a new era.”
Modi equated the consecration ceremony with breaking free of a mindset of slavery and expressed gratitude for being alive to witness this historic event. “Even after thousands of years, people will remember this date, moment. It is Ram’s supreme blessings that we are witnessing it,” he said. He also sought forgiveness from the deity for any lapses that may have delayed this momentous occasion.
Addressing the controversy surrounding Ram’s existence, the Prime Minister stated, “In India’s Constitution, on its first page, there’s Lord Ram. I thank the Supreme Court for maintaining the dignity of law.”
He dismissed warnings that the construction of the Ram Temple would ignite conflict. “Such people could not understand the purity of India’s social consciousness. The construction of this temple of Ram Lalla is also a symbol of the Indian society’s peace, patience and mutual harmony. We can see this has not given birth to a fire, but an energy,” he said.
“Ram is not a fire, he is an energy. Ram is not a dispute, he is a solution. Ram is not just ours, he is everyone’s,” the Prime Minister asserted, adding, “Today, we did not just see the pran pratishtha of Ram Lalla’s idol, but also the pran pratishtha of the unbreakable unity of India.”
Laying down a vision for the country’s future development, the Prime Minister said, “Ram’s temple has been built. Now what? Every citizen’s consciousness should extend from dev (god) to desh (country) and from Ram to rashtra (nation).”
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