Indian PM Modi lays foundation of Ram temple at razed mosque site
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Wait has been worthwhile," said Lal Krishna Advani, a 92-year-old leader of the governing BJP who was in the forefront of the party's temple campaign in the 1990s.Organisers said the ceremony was set on an astrologically auspicious date for Hindus but Wednesday also marked a year since the Modi government revoked the semi-autonomous status of Indian-administered Kashmir - the country's only Muslim-majority region.The symbolism was impossible to miss since the BJP had long pledged in its manifesto to strip the disputed region of Kashmir of its autonomy and to build a temple to the Hindu God Ram where the Mughal-era mosque once stood.The main roads were barricaded and about 3,000 paramilitary soldiers were guarding Ayodhya city, where all shops and businesses are closed.
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