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The temple inauguration marks the culmination of a decades-long dispute over a site Hindus believe is the birthplace of the god Ram. Critics call the temple a monument to India's eroding secularism.

The temple's consecration on Jan. 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the BJP's latest bid to show India is for Hindus, and Hindus alone.

Indian engineering group Larsen and Toubro is constructing the temple within a 70-acre (28 hectares) complex, with the construction expected to cost about 15 billion rupees ($180 million).