Ayodhya : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, 28 years after the demolition of Babri Masjid at the same spot. The bhoomi pujan event is scheduled to start at 12.45 p.m.

Mr. Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will be among the five persons on stage at the bhoomi pujan ceremony for which over 170 guests have been invited by the Trust entrusted with the construction of the temple.

Ahead of the foundation-stone laying ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered prayers at the Hanumangarhi temple here.

Accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the PM arrived at the temple dressed in traditional dhoti-kurta. He was gifted a headgear by the chief priest of the temple.