PM Modi Offers ‘Sashtang Pranam’ Before Ram Lalla in Ayodhya's Ram Temple, Holds Roadshow

Ayodhya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Ayodhya on Sunday and visited the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. He offered prayers and performed puja at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. He performed the darshan of Ram Lalla at around 7 pm today. This is the first visit of PM Modi to Ayodhya since the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla on January 22 this year.

The Prime Minister also offered ‘Sashtang Pranam' to the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. 

Post the puja at Ram Mandir, PM Modia also held a nearly two-kilometre-long roadshow in Ayodhya, ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

PM Modi's Ayodhya roadshow details

PM Modi's roadshow on the 'Ram Path' commenced from Sugriva Fort and continue till Lata Chowk. The route of the roadshow has been divided into 40 blocks. The event featured people from the Sindhi and Punjabi communities, and farmers and women clad in traditional costumes.

Preparations were made in the city for a grand reception to the Prime Minister on his arrival in Ayodhya. The security was also strengthened, as the temple town has been seeing a huge influx of devotees from the early hours on Sunday, ahead of the PM's visit.

Ayodhya will be voting in Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Elections on May 20. The General elections are underway in seven phases till June 1, and the counting of votes in all seats is scheduled for June 4.

The voting in Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest representation in the Lower House at 80 seats, is being held in all seven phases of the parliamentary elections. Voting in 16 seats was completed in the first two phases.

In the 2019 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a huge share of the electoral polls, and was victorious in 62 out of 80 seats in UP, with 2 more won by ally Apna Dal (S). Mayawati's BSP managed to win 10 seats, while Akhilesh Yadav's SP had to settle for just five. The Congress was lowered to just a lone seat.

The PM in a rally in Etawah today expressed confidence that the ruling alliance will win with a majority this election.