India PM Modi tours divisive temple town

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited a holy town on Saturday to open fresh transport links catering to pilgrims for a new temple steeped in a history of sectarian violence.

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This handout photograph taken on December 30, 2023 and released by Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2L) greeting people during a roadshow in Ayodhya. -- Photo: PIB / AFP

2023-12-30 18:57:57

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited a holy town on Saturday to open fresh transport links catering to pilgrims for a new temple steeped in a history of sectarian violence.

Ayodhya's new shrine to Lord Ram will be formally unveiled next month on the grounds where a centuries-old mosque once stood, before it was torn down by Hindu zealots more than three decades ago.

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