Time to end bitterness completely: Bhagwat

Temple marks 'reawakening of national pride', says RSS chief

- Smriti Kak Ramachandran

The consecration ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya marks the "reawakening of national pride", Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said, adding the "enlightened" people of the society must see that the dispute ends completely.

"From a Dharmic point of view, Shri Ram is the most worshipped deity of the majority society in the country and is still accepted as an ideal of conduct by the entire society. Hence, now the conflict that has arisen as for and against over the dispute should be ended. The bitterness that has arisen in the meantime should also end. The enlightened people of the society must see that the dispute ends completely," Bhagwat wrote in an article published in the Organiser, a publication associated with the RSS.