Leaders, actors, and celebrities have received invitations for the inauguration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to speak at the ceremony, with preparations underway. The guest list includes cricketers, film stars, industrialists, and other notable personalities from across the country. Acceptances and accusations have marked the political response, with some leaders alleging a narrative build-up by the BJP government ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Prominent figures invited span various domains:
Film Industry:
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Rajinikanth
- Madhuri Dixit
- Anupam Kher
- Akshay Kumar
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Chiranjeevi
- Mohanlal
- Dhanush
- Rishab Shetty
- Madhur Bhandarkar
- Ranbir Kapoor
- Alia Bhatt
- Ajay Devgn
- Sunny Deol
- Prabhas
- Yash
- Tiger Shroff
- Ayushmann Khurrana
- Arun Govil and Deepika Chikhalia Topiwala (Ram and Sita in the 1987 series Ramayan)
Renowned Industrialists:
- Mukesh Ambani
- Anil Ambani
- Gautam Adani
- Ratan Tata
Sportsmen:
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Virat Kohli
Politicians:
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
- Congress leader Sonia Gandhi
- Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
- Manmohan Singh
- HD Deve Gowda
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- BJP veteran LK Advani
- BJP’s Murli Manohar Joshi
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