LUCKNOW, about 100 delegates from across 54 countries have confirmed their attendance at Ram Lalla’s consecration ceremony at Ram Janmabhoomi Temple on Monday __January 22. The Ram Lalla Temple Trust has delivered invites to government representatives USA, Britain, Australia, Mauritius and Africa to to name a few. The list also consists 506 state guests.
Among dignitaries from abroad is Kim Chil-su from South Korea. He belongs to Queen Heo dynasty, said Harshu Tiwari, who is overseeing after arrangements of guests from abroad. Queen Heo, also known as Suriratna, was the princess of Ayodhya, who travelled to Korea and founded the Karak dynasty.
Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani and his family as well as superstar Amitabh Bachchan are among those who feature in the list of state guests. Others from the film industry are actors Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Allu Arjun, Mohanlal, Anupam Kher and Chiranjeevi.
A part from them, sarod maestro Amjad Ali, lyricist and poet Manoj Muntashir and his wife, lyricist and writer Prasoon Joshi, and directors Sanjay Bhansali and Chandraprakash Dwivedi are also invited.
Other prominent industrialists invited are Aditya Birla Group chairperson Kumar Mangalam Birla and his wife Nirja, Piramal Group chairperson Ajay Piramal, Mahindra and Mahindra’s Anand Mahindra and DCM Shriram’s Ajay Shriram and TCS CEO K Krithivasan.
K Satish Reddy of Dr Reddy’s Pharmaceuticals, Zee Entertainment Enterprises CEO Punit Goenka, L&T CEO S N Subrahmanyan and his wife, Durali Divi of Divis Laboratories, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy, Jindal Steel & Power head Naveen Jindal and Naresh Trehan of Medanta Group are there as well.
Former LS speaker Meira Kumar and former Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia are also feature in the list.
India’s G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant, former diplomat Amar Sinha, former attorney generals KK Venugopal and Mukul Rohtagi, and Indian women cricket captain Mitali Raj are among others finding mention on the list.
While some on the guest are flying in private jets on January 22, others are boarding regular flights to arrive a day earlier and staying overnight either in Ayodhya or nearby cities like Lucknow.
According to sources, Ayodhya airport has received over 50 requests for the landing of charter and private aircraft.
