Ram Mandir: Cricket legends Tendulkar, Kohli, chess GM Anand among sports icons attending consecration ceremony

MS Dhoni has been invited alongside fellow cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli for the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on Monday, 22 January.

Dhananjay Singh, a senior member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was present at Dhoni’s residence at his hometown of Ranchi to hand over the invitation for the Chennai Super Kings captain. BJP organising secretary Karmaveer Singh was also present for Dhoni’s invitation.

“We handed over the invitation card to him (Dhoni) on behalf of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22,” Singh told PTI on Monday, exactly a week before the consecration ceremony.

“As many as 16 distinguished personalities including senior BJP leader and Padma Bhusan Karia Munda, Padma Shri Mukund Nayak, Padma Shri archer Deepika Kumari, AJSU Party chief Sudesh Mahto have been invited for the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya,” he added.

Sachin, Dhoni, Kohli has been invited for Ram Temple Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya.

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