Watch Live: PM Modi attends 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony in Ayodhya

The bhoomi poojan at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya will be held today (Wednesday) in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel and state chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The auspicious time for Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan is at 12.40 pm. Modi will perform a puja at Hanumangarhi temple. He will then reach the Ram Janmabhoomi Sthal for the main bhoomi pujan ceremony around noon. The ceremony is expected to continue for 1.5 hours and will end around 2 pm. At the time of the laying of the foundation stone, Modi will plant a Parijaat tree, ANI reported. PM Modi will return to Ayodhya after 29 years today for the Ram Temple groundbreaking ceremony. The Uttar Pradesh government said that PM Modi is the first prime minister to visit ram janmabhoomi.

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— ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2020