For over five centuries, generations of Hindus carried a deep civilisational wound—the pain of being denied a temple for Lord Sri Ram at His birthplace in Ayodhya. It was not merely a religious matter; it was a struggle for cultural dignity and historical truth. For 500 long years, Hindus waited with extraordinary patience while their faith was mocked, their aspirations dismissed, and their devotion painted as communal by those who claimed to be the custodians of secularism. That wound has finally begun to heal, and it is due to the resolve and leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who ensured that the dream of every Hindu—long suppressed, long ridiculed, long postponed—was finally honoured. In an era when political correctness demanded silence about Hindu identity, Modi spoke with clarity. In a time when the establishment deliberately distorted the truth of Ayodhya, Modi restored it with conviction. What makes this moment historic is not just the construction of the temple, but the fact that it was achieved despite decades of political obstruction and systematic appeasement by the Opposition. The Congress and its ecosystem built a narrative in which any expression of Hindu belief was labelled dangerous or divisive, while other religious sentiments were treated as sacred and non-negotiable. The party that once claimed to represent India treated the sentiments of 80% of this nation as an inconvenience. Time and again, Congress governments filed affidavits in court questioning the existence of Lord Ram, dismissing archaeological evidence, and reducing centuries of faith into a mere political obstacle. Their leaders mocked Hindu beliefs publicly while quietly nurturing vote-bank politics behind the scenes. The same party that now awkwardly seeks to associate itself with temple visits had, for decades, perfected the art of ridiculing Hindu identity while bowing before every other religious demand for electoral gain. The manner in which Congress leaders attempted to stall the legal resolution of the Ram Janmabhoomi issue exposes their duplicity. The most blatant example remains senior leader Kapil Sibal’s astonishing plea before the Supreme Court in 2017, where he insisted that the final verdict should be postponed until after the 2019 elections. His concern was not justice, not closure, and certainly not Hindu sentiments—it was the fear that a verdict enabling the construction of the Ram Temple would politically benefit Modi.
Hindus had waited for five centuries; the Congress was not willing to wait even five minutes if it threatened their vote arithmetic. Such was the moral bankruptcy of a party that once claimed to champion “inclusive” politics but consistently excluded the cultural rights of the majority. Before Modi, Hindu identity was turned into a political liability. Temples were treated as relics, traditions as backward, and festivals as a nuisance. Under the weight of this relentless ideological assault, a generation of Hindus grew up internalising the idea that expressing one’s own faith was somehow communal, while appeasing others was secular. Modi shattered this falsehood. He made it clear that being proud of one’s civilisation is not bigotry, that honouring Lord Ram is not communalism, and that restoring historical truth is not divisive—it is justice. The construction of the Ram Temple represents not just the fulfilment of a religious dream but the restoration of a nation’s self-respect. When the Prime Minister performed the Bhoomi Pujan and later inaugurated the temple with full dignity and devotion, he was not merely leading a ceremony—he was restoring the soul of India. He was correcting a colossal historical wrong that persisted due to political cowardice and ideological prejudice. For the first time in independent India, the majority felt that its emotions were valued, that its history was acknowledged, and that its cultural rights mattered. Narendra Modi has given Hindus something far greater than a temple—he has given them dignity after centuries of denial. Ayodhya today stands as a symbol of civilisational resurgence, a reminder that truth may be delayed but can never be erased. After 500 long years, Ram Lalla is finally home, and with Him, a billion Hindus feel at home in their own country again.
