Ram temple consecration: Several offices, establishments closed across country. Check details here

All Central government offices and institutions, including public banks and hospitals, will observe a half day on Monday.

Jan 21, 2024 - 10:30

Ram temple consecration: Several offices, establishments closed across country. Check details here

Ahead of the Ram temple consecration on January 22 in Ayodhya, several establishments and offices across the country have been shut down to mark the event.

These include schools, colleges, liquor shops and government offices.

The Union government has passed an order that all government offices and institutions will observe a half day on Monday to allow citizens to participate in the consecration ceremony. Department of Personnel and Training officials told the Hindustan Times that the decision was taken as employees across the country had requested a day off to participate in the ceremony.

These include public sector banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, regional rural banks and state-run hospitals such as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Delhi AIIMS to be closed till 14.30 on Monday, the day of Pran pratishtha of Lord Ram in #Ayodhya

Notification for half day at @aiims_newdelhi has been issued. pic.twitter.com/UZ2rYxTohC— Nitendra Singh नितेन्द्र सिंह (@Nitendradd) January 20, 2024

The Maharashtra government has declared January 22 as a public holiday on an appeal by Bharatiya Janata Party minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, reported The Times of India.

However, four law students have moved the Bombay High Court against the government decision on the ground that it violates the principles of secularism laid down in the Constitution. The court will take up the matter on Sunday....