Ram mandir | The new Hindu push
A century-long acrimonious dispute over the Ram Janmabhoomi gets resolved in courts in favour of the majority community, paving the way for the realisation of the Hindutva dream of a Ram temple in Ayodhya
IN ALL HUMILITY: Modi during the consecration ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Jan. 22, 2024
ISSUE DATE: Jan 12, 2026 | UPDATED: Jan 3, 2026 19:07 IST
It had to be now or never. There was a BJP government at the Centre, and in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It then took just 41 days for a five-judge bench to bring the curtains down on a dispute that had simmered on for more than a century.