Kashmiri women push a handcart as the sun sets on a cold day on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, January 14, 2024. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) women bikers group “Yashawini” participate perform a stunt during a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 17, 2024. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





A man feeds pigeons along a street during a foggy winter morning in Amritsar on January 18, 2024 (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Artist Jagjot Singh Rubal gives final touches to an oil painting depicting Hindu God Rama and Ayodhya's Lord Ram temple on the occasion of the scheduled inaguration of the temple in January 22, at his workshop in Amritsar on January 18, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A farmer speaks on a mobile phone as he looks out from an overcrowded train as he returns home after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, for the annual Hindu religious festival “Magh Mela” in Prayagraj on January 18, 2024. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee reacts as he arrives ahead of the opening of the grand temple of Lord Ram in Ayodhya in India, on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Devotees take part in a religious procession on the banks of Saryu river ahead of the Inauguration of the Ram Mandir Temple on January 20, 2024 in Ayodhya, India. The Ram Mandir, built at a site thought to be the birth place of Lord Rama, a significant figure in Hindu religion, will be inaugurated on January 22nd. (Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)





Members of the Ramnami religious movement take out a procession at the Bhajan mela – an annual festival of the sect near the Mahanadi river at Jaijaipur in Chhattisgarh on January 21, 2024. While India's great and good gather for the opening of a controversial temple to the Hindu god Ram, some of his most fervent but least privileged adherents gather separately to celebrate the deity – covered from head to toe in tattoos of his name. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)





Performers dressed in traditional attire perform during their rehearsal at a road-side on the eve of opening of the temple of Hindu Lord Ram in Ayodhya, in India, on January 21, 2024. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A devotee dresses as Hindu deity Lord Ram, in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the temple on January 22 that embodies the triumph of his muscular Hindu nationalist politics, galvanising loyalists in an unofficial start to his re-election campaign this year. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Indian paramilitary soldiers guard outside Shankaracharya temple in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, during the inauguration of newly-built Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya, Monday, January 22, 2024. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historic mosque in the holy city of Ayodhya in a grand event that is expected to galvanize Hindu voters in upcoming elections. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees dance to the local tunes surrounded by Indian folk artist attired like Rama, Sita, Laxmana and Hanuman characters from the India epic “Ramayana” during Pran Pratistha or the inaugural ceremony of the Lord Ram Temple in Ayodhya, held in Bangalore, India, 22 January 2024. New Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at Ayodhya temple during the Pran Pratistha ceremony, or the inauguration. Pran Pratistha is the act which transforms an idol into a deity, giving it the capacity to accept prayers, which was performed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A handout photo made available by the Indian press information bureau showing showing Indian persist blowing the Shankh or shell during the ceremony at the lord Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India on January 22, 2024. New Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at Ayodhya temple during the Pran Pratistha ceremony, or the inauguration. Pran Pratistha is the act which transforms an idol into a deity, giving it the capacity to accept prayers, which was performed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo by Press Information Bureau Handout/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Traditional Chhau dancers dress in the guise of Hindu deities in Kolkata on January 22, 2024, on the occasion of Ayodhya Ram temple's consecration ceremony. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A Hindu holy man dances on a roadside as Hindi devotees stand on a road side during the inauguration of the Hindu Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya, India, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Security personnel patrol near the lord Ram temple during the inauguration ceremony in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India 22 January 2024. (Photo by Abhya Tiwari/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Indian folk artists attired like Hanuman from the India epic “Ramayana” perform during Pran Pratistha or the inaugural ceremony of the Lord Ram Temple in Ayodhya, held in Bangalore, India, 22 January 2024. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People celebrate the opening of the grand temple of the Hindu god Lord Ram in the northern town of Ayodhya, in a street in New Delhi, India, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Children dressed as Hindu deities take part in an event to mark the consecration of Ayodhya Ram temple, in Bhopal on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Gagan Nayar/AFP Photo)





Devotees carry pictures of Hindu deity Ram on the occasion of Ayodhya Ram temple's consecration ceremony, in Kolkata on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)