Corps D’elite from business, film industry, politics, sports attend ‘pran pratishtha’

Ayodhya, Jan 22: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi N Mittal, and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar were among India’s crème de la crème who attended the grand consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday.
While the list of invitees included about 8,000 names, the select list featured 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family, steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal, telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal, Reliance Group head Anil Ambani, and Aditya Birla group chairperson Kumar Mangalam Birla and his daughter Ananya Birla were among some of India Inc.’s prominent faces that attended the ceremony.
Bachchan flew into Ayodhya in a private chartered plane for the consecration of the 51-inch Ram Lalla idol. He was accompanied by his actor son Abhishek Bachchan.
Actor Kangana Ranaut, who reached Ayodhya on Saturday, hailed the ceremony as a “divine experience”. She visited the Hanumangarhi temple on Sunday and also participated in a cleanliness drive there.
Ranaut was also seen raising slogans of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ as Army helicopters showered flower petals on guests after the consecration ceremony was over.
Besides Ranaut, Rajinikanth, Hema Malini, Pawan Kalyan, Madhur Bhandarkar, Subhash Ghai, Shefali Shah and her husband Vipul Shah, Randeep Hooda and his wife Lin Laishram, Aadinath Mangeshkar, Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam were among those from the film industry who arrived in the temple town on Sunday.
Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor and his wife Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal and his wife Katrina Kaif, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, Madhuri Dixit and her husband, film director Rohit Shetty, lyricist Prasoon Joshi, and singers Kailash Kher and Jubin Nautiyal also attended the ceremony. (PTI)