Corporate India's power brigade turns out in full force at Ayodhya
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani; Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises; Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group; Hero Enterprise chairman Sunil Munjal; Zee CEO Punit Goenka; Vedanta chief Anil Agarwal; Niranjan Hiranandani, MD of the Hiranandani Group, and Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal were among those who attended the event.
«Lord Ram is arriving today. January 22 will be Ram Diwali for the entire country going ahead,» said Mukesh Ambani as he arrived in Ayodhya with his family including wife Nita Ambani, daughter Isha Ambani, sons Akash and Anant Ambani, daughter-in-law Shloka Mehta and Anant Ambani's fiancee Radhika Merchant.
Mittal said he was feeling «blessed» to be in Ayodhya.
«It's an amazing day. The entire country had been waiting for years for this day,» he added.
Birla said he was a 'big' Ram Bhakt. «This is very special for me.
This is a symbol of hope, optimism and positivity. It feels great to be sitting here. It's quite unbelievable.
It's a very happy occasion. All of India is celebrating. In fact, the whole world is seeing what this is all about.
Every Indian must make an attempt and come here and do darshan,» he added.
As the Pran Pratishtha ceremony drew to a close, the highlight of the event was to witness history in making alongside thousands of devotees, Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal posted on X. «The energy here is infectious — this is truly a historic moment! Chants and prayers can be heard as devotees stream in,» he wrote in an earlier post.
