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iwali has arrived at a time when we have
completed 75 years of independence and are
Dcelebrating the Amrit Mahotsav of
Independence.This year, the sixth edition of
Deepotsav was held in Ayodhya and was the first time
Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally participated
in the event. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited
and worshipped Lord Shri Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, Uttar
Pradesh, on the eve of Diwali, and later inspected the
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi pilgrimage site. On the same
day, Prime Minister Modi coronated Lord Shri Ram's
icon in Ayodhya and participated in the aarti at New
Ghat on the river Saryu. When the Prime Minister
arrived at the venue, he also met and interacted with
the saints. Prime Minister Modi in Ayodhya said,
"When Shri Ram is consecrated, the ideals and values
of Lord Ram become stronger within us. With the
consecration of Rama, the path shown by him gets Major Amit's first meeting with Prime Minister
further illuminated. We see his darshan in every Narendra Modi took place in 2001 at a Sainik
particle of Ayodhya ji. After becoming PM, Prime School in Balachadi. On October 24, he once again
met the Prime Minister in Kargil. This meeting with
Minister Narendra Modi continued his tradition of Major Amit was very emotional.
celebrating Diwali with the military forces this year as
well, and celebrated the 9th consecutive Diwali with
the soldiers as PM. Addressing the jawans in Kargil, strategy. If anyone looks at us, then our three
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is armies also know how to give a befitting reply to
always in favour of world peace. He said, "We are the enemy in their own language. More than 15
opposed to war, but without strength, peace is not lakh diyas were lit on the occasion of the
possible. Our forces have the capability as well as the Deepotsav programme in Ayodhya.

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