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DHARMA DHWAJ AT AYODHYA
A Civilizational
Milestone!
When the saffron flag rose above the shikhar of the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple
in Ayodhya, it was framed as a religious ritual. In reality, it was also a political
milestone and a civilizational statement
OUR BUREAU and a flag raised where, for decades,
there had only been slogans and
Ayodhya / New Delhi / Lucknow
promises.
n Wednesday, a clear No- As Modi spoke, his language
vember day in Ayodhya, moved quickly from the intimate
OPrime Minister Narendra to the epic. He spoke of his own
Modi stood before the towering 191- “overwhelming emotion” on having
foot shikhar of the newly built Ram darshan of the Ram family—Lord
Janmabhoomi Temple and pulled at Ram, Mata Janaki, Lakshman—and
the rope that would unfurl the saf- then widened the frame to say that
fron Dharma Dhwaj. As the trian- this was the fruition of “the penance
gular flag—with Om, the Sun of the of countless Ram devotees.” He
Suryavansh lineage, and the sacred described the Dharma Dhwaj as re-
Kovidar tree—caught the wind, a solve, as success, as “the saga of cre-
cheer rose from the courtyard below. ation through struggle,” and prom-
For the government, this was not just ised that for “centuries and millennia
a ceremonial end to construction. It to come,” it would proclaim Ram’s
was the visual full stop to a half-mil- ideals to the world.
lennium saga. Ayodhya, he reminded the
Modi later called the mo- crowd, had always been more than
ment “extremely moving,” saying it a dot on the map. It was the land
marked “a new chapter in our cul- where “ideals transform into con-
tural pride and national unity.” In his duct,” where Ram left as Yuvaraj
telling, this was the culmination of a and returned as Maryada Purushot-
yajna whose fire had burned for 500 tam. In that journey—from sheltered
years, never flickering, never losing prince to exiled wanderer to dharmic
faith. The flag, he said, was not mere- king—Modi located a template for
ly cloth on a pole, but “the flag of the the country he wants to build: one
renaissance of Indian civilization,” a formed not just by economic ambi-
living emblem of struggle, sacrifice tion, but by a consciously embraced
and eventual victory. civilizational ethic.
Around him stood Uttar Pradesh Rediscovering
Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief a Civilizational Self
Minister Yogi Adityanath, RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat, and a cross-section he speech that followed the
of the Sangh Parivar that had car- flag-hoisting was not a typical
ried the Ram Janmabhoomi agita- Tevent address. It was closer to
tion through agitations, courtrooms an ideological charter.
and campaigns. For them, Ayodhya Modi presented Ram not as a
was no longer just a disputed site. It A view of the Saffron flag on the top of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir during the Dhwajarohan deity confined to temple premises,
was now a completed project: a tem- Utsav, in Ayodhya on Tuesday. (@myogiadityanath X/ANI Photo but as the distilled value system of a
ple consecrated, a narrative settled, Continued on next page... >>
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