What are the contentious events behind India’s new Ram temple?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a ceremony on Monday to consecrate a grand new temple to the Hindu god-king Ram, delivering on a campaign promise his political party made more than three decades ago. The construction, begun in 2020, had been a contentious issue as the temple stands on the site of a 16th century mosque demolished by Hindu mobs in 1992, sparking nationwide riots that killed 2,000 people, mostly minority Muslims. WHAT ARE THE FEATURES OF THE NEW TEMPLE? Modi laid the foundation stone of the temple to one of Hinduism’s principal deities on a 2.7-acre (one-hectare)