Two days prior to the grand Ram temple foundation laying ceremony at Ayodhya, the invitation of the event has been doing its rounds on social media. In view of the COVID pandemic, only five guests have been named in the invite, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will lay the foundation stone for the temple on August 5.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will be the chief guest of the event.
According to the invite, apart from Modi and Bhagwat, only three people—Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and chief priest Mahant Nritya Gopaldas—will be on the stage.
The first-look of the saffron-themed invite has gone viral on social media after Iqbal Ansari, a former litigant in the Ayodhya land dispute case, received an invitation to attend the foundation laying ceremony. "I believe it was Lord Ram's wish that I receive the first invitation. I accept it," he told ANI.
