Thousands of devotees gathered at Lata Mangeshkar Chowk and watched the live telecast of the Dhwajarohan. As soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the Dharma Dhwaj on the top of the Ram Mandir, the crowd present there was overwhelmed, chanting Jai Shri Ram.
A large number of devotees arrived from Ayodhya's neighbouring districts of Sultanpur, Basti, Ambedkar Nagar, and Barabanki, as well as from other parts of North India. Rajendra Prasad Pandey, who came from Shravasti, said that he reached Ayodhya on November 17th and feeling proud today. He said that PM Modi and CM Yogi had restored Ayodhya's glory and made the city healthy and beautiful.
Vishwanath Jaiswal, also from Shravasti, said that the construction of the Ram Mandir was historic, PM Modi and CM Yogi had accomplished what no one had been able to do before.
A Ram devotee from Gopalganj, Bihar, dressed as Hanuman, filled the atmosphere with devotion through his dancing and singing.
Madhu, Dharana, Santosh, and Pooja, women devotees from Delhi, said that upon reaching the Ram Mandir complex, they felt like they were in heaven. Sant Ramakant Sharma, who has been visiting Ayodhya for the past 25 years, said that Ayodhya has both modernized and regained its Treta Yuga glory. Amid the melodious sounds of drums and cymbals, the group of sant transformed the event into a divine cultural festival.
This event was not merely a religious ritual, but emerged as a living symbol of the confluence of faith, history, and modernity, in which Ayodhya re-established its spiritual prestige before the world.
