India's PM Narendra Modi inaugurates controversial Hindu temple

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened a Hindu temple on the site of a razed mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya. Modi said the temple marked a 'new era' for the country, three decades after a Hindu mob tore down the Babri mosque which many Hindus believe was built on the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama.

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(Photo: Indian Prime Minister Modi (2nd L) presides over inaugural ceremony at Ram Mandir temple, Ayodhya, India, 22 Jan 2024
Credit: India Press Information Bureau/EPA)