January 22, 2024, has become an epochal date in the life of this ancient country. The long-debated Ram Mandir at Ayodhya became a reality on this day as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the temple with the consecration of the idol at the birth place of Lord Ram.
This was made possible after a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court gave a verdict on November 9, 2019, ruling in favour of the construction of a temple at the disputed site. The verdict rode on an exhaustive, scientific survey carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) that established that the Babri Masjid was not built on a vacant land but on a structure whose architecture was distinctly indigenous.
Science India, in its November 2022 edition, had carried an comprehensive story on the science behind ASI’s excavations at Ayodhya last month.
