A day after Lord Ram’s consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that what the world witnessed will be etched in memories.

“What we saw in Ayodhya on January 22nd will be etched in our memories for years to come,” Modi wrote in a social media post.

He also shared a video, showing glimpses from the ‘praan pratishthaa’ ceremony when thousands of people chanted Lord Ram’s name, and a helicopter showered flower petals over the temple.

In the three-minute video, the Prime Minister can be seen walking into the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, holding a silver umbrella on a folded red dupatta.

The video also showed Modi taking part in the consecration ceremony at the newly constructed temple and receiving blessings from the new Ram Lalla idol.

The Prime Minister walked inside the temple premises with a silver ‘chattar’ (umbrella) placed on a red folded dupatta. Dressed in a golden kurta teamed up with a cream dhoti and patka, he took ‘sankalp’ for the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony and later moved to the sanctum sanctorum for the rituals.

In the clip, Sadhvi Ritambhara, a prominent leader of the Ram temple movement, was seen crying during the ‘pran pratishtha’ rituals. Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, superstar Rajnikanth, and Deepika Chikhlia (who played a role of Sita in the Ramayan serial) were seen in the video.

Modi on Monday gave a clarion call to go beyond the grand mandir’s construction to build the foundation of a “strong, capable, and divine” India for the next 1,000 years.

As the inauguration of the temple marked the culmination of a decades-long campaign to reclaim a disputed religious site in Ayodhya, Modi said it was the advent of a new era.

“Our Ram has arrived after centuries of anticipation,” Modi can be heard saying in the clip as he addressed over 7,000 dignitaries at the Ram Mandir inauguration ceremony. Modi can also be seen showering flower petals on the workers who were involved in the construction of the Ayodhya temple.

An idol of the new Ram Lalla was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on Monday, a landmark event led by Modi.

The consecration of the Ram Mandir poses a challenge for the Opposition ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, given the mandir’s resonance and political potency. The INDIA Bloc of Opposition parties stayed away from the ceremony. Some maintained tactical silence, and others attacked the BJP Government for “blurring” the lines between religion and State.”