Ayodhya’s new emblem of power and memory
The hoisting of the saffron standard atop the Ram temple marks not only a religious milestone, but a political and cultural one too. The unfurling of a saffron flag atop the spire of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on November 25 was choreographed to suggest both antiquity and arrival. This is a ritual that harks back to epic time, and a declaration of a new era in India’s political and cultural life. Performed on Ram Vivah Panchami, and timed to the Abhijit Muhurat - the auspicious convergence of...
