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Modi opens flashpoint temple symbolising his changing India
3 years agoA temple of Hindu deity Ram is pictured on the eve of its consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 21, 2024. - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on January 22 inaugurate a temple that embodies the triumph of his muscular Hindu nationalist politics, in an unofficial start to his re-election campaign this year. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a temple Monday that embodies the triumph of his muscular Hindu nationalist politics, galvanising loyalists in an unofficial start to his re-election campaign this year.