A 108-foot-long incense stick, brought from Gujarat, was lit by Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust's Mahant Nritya Gopal Das on Tuesday in Ayodhya ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir, scheduled for January 22. (PTI)
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Mahant Nritya Gopal Das lit the incense stick brought from Vadodara in Gujarat amid a huge crowd chanting "Jai Shri Ram." (PTI)
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The fragrance from the incense stick will reach a distance of 50 km, it has been claimed. (PTI)
The incense stick, weighing 3,610 kg and measuring around three-and-a-half feet in width, was brought to this Uttar Pradesh town from Gujarat's Vadodara. (PTI)
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The incense stick was prepared using cow dung, ghee, essence, flower extracts, and herbs. Once lit, it is expected to last for about a month and a half. (PTI)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
