Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the 'Bhoomi pujan' event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the 'Bhoomi pujan' event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the 'Bhoomi pujan' event

Ahead of the 'Bhoomi pujan' ceremony of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on August 5, and Independence Day, the intelligence agencies have warned possible terror attacks, according to media reports.

In the wake of the warning, security has been beefed up in Ayodhya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the event. Veteran BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat are among those who have been invited to the ceremony.

NDTV reported that intelligence agencies said Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence have sent Lashkar-e Taiba and Jaish-e Mohammad terrorists, who were trained in Afghanistan, into India with the intention of sabotaging the 'Bhoomi pujan' ceremony. The agencies have warned that these terrorists were sent in batches of three to five people to launch the attacks.

Incidentally, the 'Bhoomi pujan' ceremony coincides with the one year anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.

Following the intelligence warning, security arrangements will be tightened in Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi as well.

Meanwhile, preparations are in full swing in Ayodhya to welcome PM Modi. Buildings on both sides of the roads that the prime minister's convoy will take from the helipad at the Saket College in the city to reach the Ram Janmabhoomi site is being given a fresh coat of yellow paint with plans to depict various characters of the Ramayana on them. While life-size sketches of both Lord Ram and Sita will adorn the helipad at Saket College, sketches and drawings of Ramayana characters will adorn the building walls on both sides of the roads, he said.

The prime minister will also visit the Hanuman Garhi temple and the buildings on roads leading to it too are being spruced up.

(With PTI inputs)

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