‘Not An Ordinary Election’: PM Modi's Personal Letters To NDA leaders On Ram Navami

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote personal letters to all National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders fighting the Lok Sabha poll in the first phase on the occasion of Ram Navami, the day when ‘Surya Tilak’ or a ray of Sun illuminated the forehead of the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. PM Modi appreciated his party workers for their relentless efforts and stressed that the 2024 Lok Sabha poll was not an ordinary one.

“Through this letter, I would like to tell the people of your constituency that this is not an ordinary election,” the PM’s letter read.

“This election is an opportunity to connect our present with a bright future. Every vote that the BJP gets will go towards forming a stable government and impart momentum in our journey to become a developed nation by 2047,” it read.

He signed off writing, “It is Modi’s Guarantee that we will work 24 by 7 for 2047!”

PM Modi Watches Ram Lalla’s Surya Tilak Mid-Air

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Assam, watched Ram Lalla idol’s ‘Surya Tilak’ in Ayodha mid-air on his tablet on Wednesday.

The emotional PM watched Ram Lalla’s ‘Surya Tilak’ with teary eyes while returning from Assam’s Nalbari after addressing a poll rally and sharing his experience, he took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), saying, “This is a very emotional moment for me”.

“After my Nalbari rally, I watched the Surya Tilak on Ram Lalla. Like crores of Indians, this is a very emotional moment for me. The grand Ram Navami in Ayodhya is historic. May this Surya Tilak bring energy to our lives and may it inspire our nation to scale new heights of glory,” he wrote on X.

Earlier in the day the PM mentioned Ram Lalla’s ‘Surya Tilak’ during his public rally address in Assam’s Nalbari.

He said, “Today is also the historical occasion of Ram Navami. After a wait of 500 years, Lord Ram has finally been seated in his grand temple and in just a few minutes from now, his birth anniversary will be celebrated in the Ram temple in the holy city of Ayodhya by applying ‘Surya Tilak’ to Lord Ram.”

The much-awaited ‘Surya Tilak’ ceremony of Ram Lalla’s idol was held in the ‘garbh griha’ (sanctum sanctorum) of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir on Wednesday on the occasion of Ram Navami celebrations at the temple.

The ceremony was scheduled to take place from 12:16 pm to 12:21 pm when rays of the sun symbolically marked the forehead of Ram Lalla’s idol. The celebrations mark the first big religious occasion after the consecration of Ram Lalla in January this year.