PM Modi, Amit Shah, Other Leaders Light 'Ram Jyoti' At Homes To Mark Ayodhya Event

PM Modi had earlier urged the devotees to light 'Ram Jyoti' at home and celebrate a 'mini Diwali' to mark the consecration ceremony. 

PM Modi shared photos of him lighting a 'diya' in front of a photograph of the Ram statue from the Ayodhya temple at his official residence. 

New Delhi: Following the consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla at the newly constructed Ram temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and several other BJP leaders lit 'diyas' (earthen lamps) at their residence to mark the historic event.

Taking to social media platform X, PM Modi shared photos of him lighting a 'diya' in front of a photograph of the Ram statue from the Ayodhya temple at his official residence. 

रामज्योति! #RamJyoti pic.twitter.com/DTxg2QquTT

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 22, 2024

As per PTI, PM Modi had earlier urged the devotees to light 'Ram Jyoti' at home and celebrate a 'mini Diwali' to mark the consecration ceremony. 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also celebrated by lighting a 'Ram Jyoti' at his residence, to mark the Ayodhya Ram Temple 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony.

#WATCH | Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah celebrates 'Ram Jyoti' at his residence, to mark the Ayodhya Ram Temple 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony. pic.twitter.com/Ioh0YohfgU

— ANI (@ANI) January 22, 2024

The defence minister also shared photographs of him lighting a 'Ram Jyoti' at his residence on platform X.

"Today Ram Lalla is seated in his new, divine, and grand temple in Ayodhya Dham. The whole country is celebrating Diwali. On this auspicious occasion, lighting a 'Ram Jyoti' at home with family," he wrote in Hindi. 

अयोध्या धाम में आज रामलला अपने नव्य, दिव्य और भव्य मंदिर में विराजमान हुए हैं। सारा देश दीपावली मना रहा है। इस पावन अवसर पर अपने परिवार के साथ मिलकर, घर में राम ज्योति प्रज्वलित की।

प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi का आह्वान है कि आप भी अपने घरों में रामज्योति प्रज्वलित कर प्रभु… pic.twitter.com/QudcKSt09c

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) January 22, 2024

Nitin Gadkari was joined at his residence by the students from a school for hearing-impaired children, who participated in the prayers with the minister and his family. 

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also lit a 'diya' at his residence and said this was a historic day. 

#RamJyoti 🪔 pic.twitter.com/uWPJcOnuOs

— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) January 22, 2024

The fervour and merriment of Ram Mandir's inauguration was atop across the globe as Ram Lord's exile of 500 years finally ended post the pran pratishtha ceremony on Monday.

The new Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple today, an event led by Prime Minister Modi and watched by lakhs of people on television and social media at their homes and in temples across the country.

Army helicopters showered flower petals on the newly constructed Janmabhoomi temple as the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony took place -- a seminal occasion in India's political and religious history.