Modi leads foundation-laying ceremony at holy site that started riots
05 August 2020 - 21:16
New Delhi — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone on Wednesday for a Hindu temple on a contentious site where a 16th-century mosque once stood, a historic move that meets a decades-long political promise as the pandemic slams the economy.
Modi offered prayers at a nearby temple before laying a symbolic silver brick in the ground and taking part in a religious ceremony at the spot devotees believe is the birthplace of the god Ram in the northern riverside town of Ayodhya...
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