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Modi to open Ram temple with eye on India's upcoming elections

 Published: 12:28, 22 January 2024

Modi to open Ram temple with eye on India's upcoming elections

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a temple Monday that embodies the triumph of his muscular Hindu nationalist politics, in an unofficial start to his re-election campaign this year.

The 50-metre (160-foot) tall house of worship for the northern town of Ayodhya Ram was built on grounds where a mosque stood for centuries before it was torn down in 1992 by Hindu zealots incited by members of Modi's party.

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