The security IS alert

January 22, 2024 10:22

As VIPs stream in at the Ram Mandir main gate the first casualty is the media which gets pushed back. Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com who is in Ayodhya says he and photographer Rajesh Karkera almost managed to squeeze in to the temple but for an alert security guard who realised their passes were not VIP but media.

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