22 January,2024 11:19 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
L-Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt (Pic/Yogen Shah; R- Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif (Pic/PTI)
Several Bollywood celebrities are currently in Ayodhya for the Ram Mandir inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Early on Monday morning, actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif were seen at the Kalina airport on their way to Ayodhya. Now, the actors and other film personalities have assembled for the auspicious occasion. Several videos and pictures of the celebrities at the temple are going viral on social media.
In a video doing the rounds on social media, Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal, Ranbir Kapoor, and Alia Bhatt can be seen headed towards the temple together in a golf car.
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Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Madhur Bhandarkar and Anupam Kher have also arrived at the temple. Special guests from the cricket world, film world, saint society, politics, art, literature, culture and other fields have also been invited to the Ram Mandir Inauguration.
The Pran Prathistha ceremony will be held today in the temple town of Ayodhya amid tight security. The historic ritual of Ram Lalla's 'Pran Pratistha' will take place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saints, and a host of distinguished guests.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust announced on Sunday that the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony will be marked by a dazzling musical event titled 'Mangal Dhwani'.
The soiree, featuring some of the biggest names in the world of music, will be staged at 10 am.The 'Pran Pratishtha' of Shri Ram Lalla at Ayodhya Temple will be held at 12:30 pm.
Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh has been decked up with posters and flags of Lord Ram while cities across the country have been decorated with lights, huge cutouts of Lord Ram and posters bearing religious slogans related to Lord Ram.
Vedic rituals for the Pran-Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya began on January 16, a week before the main ceremony.
(with inputs from ANI)