The Latest Breaking News from Ayodhya

Visitors to Ayodhya will soon experience Ramayana through 3-D technology

After the consecration of the Ram Temple the focus has now shifted to the making of a museum at Ayodhya which will let visitors get a live experience of the epic ‘Ramayana’ through immersive 3D technology.

The Hindu · Jan 27, 2024

Reporters Without Orders Ep 306: Land deals in Ayodhya, BJP’s data collection app

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari and independent journalist Srishti Jaswal.

Newslaundry · Jan 27, 2024

‘Too much poison’: Attacks on Indian Muslims grow after Ram temple ceremony

As India marks Republic Day, many fear the dawn of a new nation where minorities are made to feel like ‘rubbish’.

Al Jazeera · Jan 26, 2024

Shinde, Ministers likely to visit Ayodhya on Feb 5

Mumbai Chief Minister and cabinet colleagues to visit Ayodhya for consecration ceremony and temple visit.

The Hindu · Jan 25, 2024

Ram Mandir: A tug at long civilisational memory, discounted by some

It isn’t surprising that a large section of the western commentariat is ill-equipped to grasp the exuberant and deep resonance of the Indian populace with the Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya. The inability to do so is often a case of lack of frames; the blinkered view missing most of…

Newslaundry · Jan 24, 2024

Ayodhya: Temple is inaugurated, ‘Balak Ram’ consecrated. What next?

Ayodhya is recording an unprecedented footfall of VIPs, film stars, and devotees from across the country.  On the night of January 22, after the much-awaited consecration of the Ram Temple, the atmosphere in the city was euphoric. People were seen dancing, singing and raising slogans.

Newslaundry · Jan 24, 2024

Elaborate stages, live shows, saffron flags: Inside Big Media circus in Ayodhya

The media was omnipresent in Ayodhya this week – moving in big buses plastered with banners with slogans like ‘Ram Ayenge’, translating to “Ram will come”, or carrying mics and cameras with kokum stamps of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ on their foreheads. Some even waved saffron flags during their shows.

Newslaundry · Jan 23, 2024

Modi’s ‘political triumph’, ‘old wounds’: Foreign media on Ayodhya inauguration

As sections of the Indian press adopted a celebratory tone in the run-up to the pran pratishtha ceremony, ad rates surged, pages on Ayodhya turned daily, and there were special media campaigns for the Ram Mandir inauguration led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Newslaundry · Jan 23, 2024

‘No toilet, drowning in debt,’ says Ayodhya Dalit woman who hosted Modi for tea

Days have been unusually busy for Meera Majhi, with media persons, government officials, and visitors flocking to her house in Ayodhya’s Rajghat since early this month. It began after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Dalit woman’s house for tea on December 30.

Newslaundry · Jan 23, 2024

‘Historic day, new India’: How front pages, editorials covered Ram Mandir inauguration

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ram Temple on Monday amid loud cheers and hoards of prominent personalities from across the country making it to different rows on the temple’s premises in Ayodhya. 

Newslaundry · Jan 23, 2024