NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, AUG 5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nonagenarian mother watched the ”bhoomi pujan” ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhaya live on television at her residence near Gandhinagar on Wednesday.
अयोध्या में राम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए भूमि पूजन करते अपने बेटे और देश के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को माता हीरा बा ने दूरदर्शन के माध्यम से जीवंत प्रसारण से देखा@narendramodi @PMOIndia @DDNewsHindi @CMOGuj #Ayodhya #RamMandir #AyodhyaRamMandir #AyodhyaBhoomipoojan #ShreeRam pic.twitter.com/nZktfmk4ed
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 5, 2020
The state information department released the photos of Hiraba watching the event on TV.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp today released a commemorative pictorial cancellation postal album on 'Ramayana', a philatelist’s delight, specially launched by Gujarat Circle of @IndiaPostOffice to mark the historic event of foundation stone laying of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. pic.twitter.com/xegprQNiis
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) August 5, 2020
The photos showed her sitting on a chair with folded hands and watching the programme when PM Modi performed the bhoomi poojan.
Hiraba lives with her younger son Pankaj Modi in Raysan area on the outskirts of Gandhinagar.
શ્રી રામ મંદિરના નિર્માણના શુભારંભથી મહેસાણા ભાજપ કાર્યાલય ખાતે કરાઇ ભવ્ય આતશબાજી – ભાજપ કાર્યાલયને દુલ્હનની જેમ શણગારાયું – તો ‘જય શ્રી રામ'ના ગગનભેદી જયઘોષ સાથે
વાતાવરણ બન્યું ભક્તિમય#AyodhyaRamMandir #ShreeRam pic.twitter.com/VJl0iZamE3— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 5, 2020
The PM laid the foundation of the temple, bringing to fruition the BJP”s ”mandir” movement that defined its politics for three decades and aided its ascendance to the heights of power.
Celebrations were held in various parts of Gujarat on the occasion and special prayers were offered in many temples across the state.
પ્રધાનમંત્રી શ્રી @narendramodi જી દ્વારા કરવામાં આવેલા શ્રી રામ જન્મમંદિર ના ભૂમિપૂજન તથા શિલાન્યાસ કાર્યક્રમ ને સી.એમ. ડેશબોર્ડના માધ્યમથી નિહાળતા માન. મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી @vijayrupanibjp#JaiShriRam pic.twitter.com/rXkoVlXnAx
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) August 5, 2020
People also expressed their joy by distributing sweets and bursting crackers. Hoardings in celebration of the event were also put up in various cities of Gujarat.
