Senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday her party would skip the grand consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. “Our party will not attend the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. He is one among several top Opposition leaders, including former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, to have received an invitation to attend the grand temple opening. The best idol from three stones will be selected in the first week of January for the consecration ceremony. Lakshmi Kant Dixit, a Vedic priest, is scheduled to perform the main rituals of the consecration ceremony on the day.

Source: News 24 December 26, 2023 10:24 UTC