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Invite list for Ram temple consecration revealed
Updated On: 21 January, 2024 07:51 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
While confirmation about who is attending will only be known in Monday morning, the list is one of the most elaborate one seen in recent memory
A glimpse of Ram Janmabhoomi Temple ahead of the consecration ceremony on Saturday. Pic/PTI
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, and sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar are among India’s crème de la crème who have been invited as state guests for the consecration of the Ram temple on Monday. While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
According to the list, Bachchan will fly into Ayodhya in a private chartered plane for the opening of the 161-feet tall pink sandstone shrine. From the film industry, the list features Tamil superstar Rajnikant as well as Telugu mega stars Prabhas, Allu Arjun and Junior NTR. Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Ajay Devgn are on the list, which also features Kangana Ranaut, Cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar, chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, sprint queen PT Usha and fooballer Bhaichung Bhutia are among the prominent sports personalities who have received invitations as well as billionaire Mukesh Ambani as well as Ratan N Tata, chairman emeritus of salt-to-software Tata Group. It is not clear how many of them will actually attend the ceremony. While some on the list may fly in private jets on January 22, others are likely to take regular flights to reach a day earlier and stay overnight either in Ayodhya or nearby cities like Lucknow.
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