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Bollywood celebs head to

Ayodhya for Ram Mandir ceremony;

Big B buys plot in holy city

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country will miss the

beloved legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar at the historical ceremony

OUR BUREAU endra Modi on Wednesday said the
country will miss the beloved legend-
Mumbai
ary singer Lata Mangeshkar.
ctor Anupam Kher will be at- PM Modi took to social media
tending the Ram Temple Pran platform X to state “As the nation
APratishta ceremony in Ayo- awaits January 22 with great enthu-
dhya on January 22. Expressing his siasm, one of the people who will be
excitement, Kher, on Thursday took missed is our beloved Lata Didi.”
to X (formerly Twitter) and shared a Sharing a shloka sung by her,
video in which he can be seen reciting PM Modi said it was the last record-
a poem on Lord Ram. ing by Lata Mangeshkar, who passed
He also penned a long note in away at the age of 92 on February 6
Hindi which reads, “Jai Shri Ram! I in the year 2022.
will represent my ancestors and es- “As the nation awaits 22nd Janu-
pecially my grandfather Pandit Ama- ary with great enthusiasm, one of the
rnath ji in Ayodhya on 22nd January! people who will be missed is our be-
All of them dreamed of establishing loved Lata Didi. Here is a Shlok she
Ram temple! All my Kashmiri Hindu sung. Her family told me that it was
brothers and sisters will be with me the last Shlok she recorded. #Shri-
in spirit!” RamBhajan.”
“Shri Ram Lalla’s return to Ayo- He also shared the link of the
dhya instills the confidence that any- shlok, ‘Shree Ramarpan, Mata Ramo
one who has left one of his Avadhpu- Matpita Ramchandrah.’
ri somewhere, will surely find it one Born on September 28, 1929,
day. It is the blessings of Shri Ram the contribution of the ‘Nightingale
that I got the opportunity to partici- of India’ to music is unforgettable.
pate in this historic event, and I have Her voice echoed in every corner of
got an opportunity to share this hap- the country and continues to create
piness with you. I will pray for you all the same magic, even after she is no
too,” he added. more.
Several Bollywood celebrities The legendary singer ruled the
including Akshay Kumar, Kanga- Bollywood actor Anupam Kher with UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath (ANI) music industry for decades.
na Ranaut, Tiger Shroff, Jackie Throughout her career, she has
Shroff, Hariharan, Rajinikanth, won numerous awards and honours.
Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Ka- January 23. ed that megastar Amitabh Bachchan She received the Dadasaheb Phalke
poor, Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda, “The ‘Pran Prathishtha’ is ex- has bought a 10,000-square-feet plot Award.
Anushka Sharma and her cricketer pected to conclude by 1 pm. PM in Ayodhya. On Big B buying plot in She was awarded the Bharat
husband Virat Kohli have also re- Modi and others present on the occa- Ayodhya, Shanti Bhushan Choubey, Ratna in 2001. In 2007, France made
ceived the invitation for the Ram sion will express their thoughts after Ayodhya Registrar told ANI, “In her an Officer of the National Order
Mandir ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony the ceremony. As per tradition, gifts ‘agreement to sale’, two documents of the Legion of Honour, the coun-
in Ayodhya. in 1000 baskets have come from Ne- have been presented...it is 10,000 try’s highest civilian award.
Vedic rituals for the Pran- pal’s Janakpur and areas of Mithila. square feet plot, transaction of Rs 9 She was the recipient of three Na-
Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla in On Jan 20 and 21 darshan will re- crore has been done...second party tional Film Awards, 15 Bengal Film
Ayodhya began on Tuesday, a week main closed to public,” he said. Amitabh Bachchan, who has given Journalists’ Association Awards,
before the main ceremony. General Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreement to purchase, his attorney four Filmfare Best Female Playback
secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi has started an 11-F to the Pran Rajesh Yadav has executed it” Awards before declining further
Teerth Kshetra Trust Champat Rai Pratishtha of Shri Ramlala at the Ahead of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ones, two Filmfare Special Awards,
said the Ram temple will be open for temple at Ayodhya. ceremony at Ayodhya Ram Temple and the Filmfare Lifetime Achieve-
‘darshan’ for the general public from Meanwhile, it has been report- on January 22, Prime Minister Nar- ment Award, amongst others.

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