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Caught a quiet moment by the banks of the Saryu. And thought: I hope this moment in time can also become about #rebuilding faith in the deepest sense of the word. Our ideological polarities cannot define us. #Ayodhyapic.twitter.com/t3A0WKNKb7

When you meet your favourite girl @sunetrac at the end of a looooong day and you realise you have #Ayodhya to thank for that too. #ReportingLifepic.twitter.com/gE7HzbO5K8

From #Ayodhya, Mohammed Sharif, a cycle mechanic whose son died, making him devote his life to performing last rites for abandoned bodies, Hindus & Muslims. An invitee to the #BhumiPujan he was too unwell to go, but offered these duas for the PM & India. My @themojo_in storypic.twitter.com/UVHpKoWnza

From the banks of the Saryu River in #Ayodhya, a quieter sense of what local residents feel about their town's big day. My ground report for @themojo_in on the #BhumiPujanpic.twitter.com/6VOEyGXb0S

"If there was no COVID, you'd have seen all of #Ayodhya on the streets. We feel our God has come home. Now our town looks forward to its economic future" - how do local residents feel about the big day? That report on @themojo_inpic.twitter.com/BfrDa531Ca

As Mohammed Sharif blessed me he said, "I have cremated thousands of Hindus, of course I'd have gone to pray at the #RamMandir. Kya Hindu, Kya Muslim. Our blood is one" #Ayodhyapic.twitter.com/TKPhcp1nfP

In #Ayodhya I meet Mohammed Sharif, Padmashri winner this year, a cycle mechanic who performs last rites for Hindus & Muslims. He was invited for the #BhumiPujan but is too ill to go. "My dua for PM @narendramodi I wish I could have gone to meet him." That story on @themojo_inpic.twitter.com/fvFk0Pvy9b

#Ayodhya. Reporting this morning #OnTheRoadpic.twitter.com/Ipy7NskWaU

For anyone who thinks life #OnTheRoad is glamorous, this was dinner in Ayodhya tonight. That too, wrangled out of hotel reception after making big, sad eyes. #ReportersLifepic.twitter.com/8TFTCYFeYK

Ayodhya's Top Cop dealing with PM Security & COVID,SSP Deepak Kumar tells @themojo_in "only policemen on PM duty are those who've tested positive for antibodies" (proof they are COVID recovered)). Main challenge? "A day of deep religiosity has to be restrained because of COVID"pic.twitter.com/kmI3QF61Pl

I am on the ground in #Ayodhya, the temple town that is dazzling with thousands of Diyas. But what of the men who make them? I stepped out of the city into a village of potters for this @themojo_in report - and the heartfelt appeal from them: "Stop buying Cheap Chinese Plastic"pic.twitter.com/JzomWFWc0g

From #Ayodhya , the story of Iqbal & Gayatri, one a Muslim litigant, son of the oldest petitioner, the other, Wife of a Karsevak killed in police firing. Once ideological opponents, now both will attend the Mandir Bhumi Pujan. My @themojo_in ground report brings them togetherpic.twitter.com/rGOi0EJIg1

#Ayodhya dazzles with thousands of diyas. In a small village of artisans I meet the potters who made it happen. "The lockdown was very difficult. The Mandir means we have work again. Please go back to earthen pots, not cheap Chinese plastic," says Ashok. His story on @themojo_inpic.twitter.com/W34XEzAbst

In #Ayodhya with Iqbal Ansari, son of oldest litigant in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanambhoomi case & Gayatri Devi, wife of a Karsevak killed in police firing. Tomorrow they will both attend the Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan. #Rebuilding. Once apart, now together. Their story @themojo_inpic.twitter.com/wO1WVaeYW5