Several Bollywood celebrities have been invited to attend the grand consecration ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and are currently in the temple town. Madhuri Dixit, Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Vicky Kaushal were spotted posing together before being warmly welcomed with red roses and red shawls at Ayodhya airport.

In a viral picture, Bollywood actors were seen sitting together with filmmaker Subhash Ghai, and Rohit Shetty along with Akash Ambani and Shloka Ambani for a selfie.

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Meanwhile, celebrities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani,  Madhuri Dixit, her husband Dr. Shriram Nene.

Ram Charan, Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth, Anupam Kher and more are also attending the Ram Mandir’s Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya. 

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It appears that Akshay Kumar may not be able to attend the inauguration of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Akshay and Tiger Shroff joined together to extend their wishes to fans on the auspicious occasion of the Ram Mandir inauguration. 

The actors, who seemed to be on the film set, expressed their happiness about the opening of the temple. The Pran Pratishtha ceremony is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 22, in Ayodhya. Prior to the grand ceremony, Akshay posted a video with Tiger where they shared their thoughts on the inauguration.

In the video, Akshay is seen saying, “Hum dono ki taraf se sabko, ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Today is a very, very big day for worshippers of Lord Ram. After several centuries of wait, Lord Ram is returning to his house in Ayodhya.” While, Tiger says, “We’ve heard so much about this since our childhood but to witness this today, it is a great deal. And we are waiting for that moment when we will light up the lamp and celebrate Shri Ram.”

Sharing the video on social media, Akshay wrote in Hindi, “Shri Ram ki Pran Pratishtha ke pawan din par aap sab ko anek subhkamanaye. Jai Shri Ram.”

Numerous Bollywood celebrities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Katrina Kaif, Rajinikanth, Anupam Kher, and others have arrived in Ayodhya for the event. Telugu actors Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan have also reached the location. Additionally, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth also made an appearance in Ayodhya during the weekend.

Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar has been occupied with his upcoming movie, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. The movie features Akshay and Tiger Shroff as the main characters, with Malayalam star Prithviraj Sukumaran taking on a significant role.

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Addressing the large gathering after the ‘pran pratistha’ rituals at the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, “Our Ram has finally arrived.”

“I have come before you are witnessing the divine consciousness in the temple’s sanctum sanctorum. There’s so much to say but, but there’s a lump in my throat. After unprecedented patience, innumerable sacrifices and penance, our Lord Ram has arrived. I congratulate the country on this occasion,” the Prime Minister said. 

Ram Lalla, he said, will “no longer live in a tent”. Saying that this moment of consecration is a blessing from Lord Ram, he said January 22 is “not a date on a calendar, but the dawn of a new era”. 

Equating the consecration ceremony with breaking free of a mindset of slavery, he said it is a blessing that we are 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 and said there must have been some lapse because of which it took so long to reach this point.

Saying that “Ram’s existence was questioned”, the Prime Minister said, “In India’s Constitution, in its first page, there’s Lord Ram. I thank the Supreme Court for maintaining the dignity of law.”

Some people, he said, had warned that the construction of the Ram Temple will light a fire. “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 said, 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 development in the future, 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).”