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J'khand: Return of Ram or recalibration of power?
The Statesman Kolkata
|April 15, 2025
There was something unusual in the air here on 14 April morning.
The chants of sacred mantras echoed across the Tapovan temple premises, but beneath that spiritual rhythm ran a quieter, more potent current—one of political symbolism.
When Chief Minister Hemant Soren participated in the foundation laying of the grand Ram-Janki temple, modeled on Ayodhya's Shri Ram Mandir, it was not merely a religious ceremony. It was rather a moment that hinted at a deeper shift in the political consciousness of Jharkhand.
This story is from the April 15, 2025 edition of The Statesman Kolkata.
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