Processions, feasts, prayers in city to mark temple event

Popular markets and colonies in the Capital on Monday joined the consecration ceremony celebrations in Ayodhya with an array of props and activities fluorescent saffron flags, life-size cut-outs of the Ram Temple, and community meals, prayers and processions.

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The white pillars of C Block in Connaught Place's inner circle were adorned with saffron flaglets while the entire event was live-streamed at the parking compound. While prayers and the recitation of the "Sundar Kand path" began in the morning, towards the evening, 125,000 lamps were lit across the market.

"Eleven kilograms of laddoo was distributed as prasad among the market visitors while the lamps were lit in the inner, middle and outer circles to illuminate the market like Diwali," said Atul Bhargava, who heads the New Delhi Traders Association.