LUCKNOW, Sept. 29 -- The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will begin sending invitations from October 15 for the flag hoisting ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The three-day ceremony will be held from November 23 to 25, with the flag hoisting scheduled on the concluding day, coinciding with Vivah Panchami.

The flag will be raised on a 42-foot pole atop the 161-foot spire of the temple. The trust has also increased the number of guests from 8,000 to 10,000. "Arrangements for guest accommodations are being made at Teerth Kshetra Puram, Karsevak Puram, Ramsevak Puram, and in mutts, temples, and ashrams. Guests from around 50 districts of Uttar Pradesh, along with Ayodhya residents, are being invited," Trust member Anil Mishra...