Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a grand Hindu temple in January 2024. Building the temple at the site where his ideological brethren tore down a 500-year-old mosque in 1992 was his party's manifesto promise for three decades.
The destruction of the mosque changed the course of Indian politics and society, and the building of the temple, in many ways, marks an important step in the journey that reimagines the Indian republic as Hindu first.
This project reports on the scenes from Ayodhya, the city where the temple is located, and the larger picture of the new India.
