All Central government offices, institutions and industrial establishments will remain shut till 2:30 pm on January 22, the day when a Pran Prathishtha ritual will be held in Ayodhya for the inaugural of the Ram Mandir. The Narendra Modi government decided on the same because of the "overwhelming sentiment of the employees and requests from them" to witness the ceremony LIVE on TV.
There is demand from many segments of the population that the day should be declared a public holiday for everyone, including the private sector, since it is a rare event that holds significance in the civilizational history of India. At this point, not all state governments have declared a holiday.
The Centre is not inclined to declare it a public holiday, if today's circular is anything to go by. If it had any such intention, Central government employees would have been given a full-day holiday.
The Ram Mandir inaugural will be a formal one. The full temple will be ready only by 2026.
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