Modi Founds Temple on Mosque’s Ruins, in Triumphal Moment for Hindu Base

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Indians watching a live telecast from Ayodhya of Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking part in a Hindu religious ritual during a groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in New Delhi on Wednesday.Credit: Prakash Singh/Agence France-Presse — Getty Ima…

Indians watching a live telecast from Ayodhya of Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking part in a Hindu religious ritual during a groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Credit: Prakash Singh/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

By: Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/world/asia/modi-temple-ayodhya.html?referringSource=articleShare

In a ceremony in Ayodhya, a past flash point for sectarian violence, India’s prime minister offers his Hindu nationalist base a clear symbol of ascendancy.

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