Virat Kohli, Gautam Adani to Chiranjeevi full guest list for Ram Temple consecration ceremony

The upcoming consecration ceremony for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is set to be a grand event, featuring a diverse guest list encompassing political leaders, religious figures, celebrities, sports personalities, and industrialists. The 'pran prathistha' ceremony on January 22, 2024, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here's a glimpse of the notable individuals invited:

Political Figures:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

President Droupadi Murmu

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

BJP stalwarts Murli Manohar Joshi and KL Advani

Former Prime Minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (Invited but declined)

Sports Personalities:

Sachin Tendulkar

Viswanathan Anand

PT Usha

Bhaichung Bhutia

Kapil Dev

Sunil Gavaskar

MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli

Sourav Ganguly

Anil Kumble

Virender Sehwag

Rahul Dravid

Ravindra Jadeja

Rohit Sharma

Karnam Malleswari

Saina Nehwal

PV Sindhu

Devendra Jhanjadia

Bollywood and Tollywood Stars:

Amitabh Bachchan

Kangana Ranaut

Madhuri Dixit

Rajinikanth

Akshay Kumar

Alia Bhatt

Ranbir Kapoor

Chiranjeevi

Prabhas

Dhanush

Mohanlal

Hema Malini

Sunny Deol

Anupam Kher

Madhur Bhandarkar

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Shreya Ghoshal

Kailash Kher

Shankar Mahadevan

Anup Jalota

Sonu Nigam

Anuradha Paudwal

Industrialists:

Mukesh Ambani and family

Ratan N Tata

Gautam Adani

Anil Agarwal

Ashok Hinduja

Azim Premji

Nusli Wadia

Sudhir Mehta

Kumar Mangalam Birla and wife Nirja

Ajay Piramal

Anand Mahindra

Ajay Shriram

Niranjan Hiranandani

Byju Raveendran

Adar Poonawala

Nandan Nilekani

TV Mohandas Pai

S N Subramaniam and A M Naik (L&T)

K Krithivasan (TCS)

Siddharth Mohanti (LIC)

Dinesh Khara (SBI)

Ashish Chauhan (NSE)

Others:

ISRO Chairperson S Somnath

DMRC Principal Advisor E Sreedharan

NITI Member V K Saraswat

International guests including Dr Bharat Barai, Dr Abhay Asthana, and Himanshu Gulati (Norway MP)

Religious Figures:

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama

The ceremony will be attended by approximately 10-15% of the construction workers involved in building the temple. International guests such as Dr Bharat Barai and Himanshu Gulati have also been invited to represent the global Hindu community. The presence of the Dalai Lama adds a spiritual dimension to this historic event.