President Droupadi Murmu visited the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya on Thursday, installing a 150-kg gold-plated metal plate called the Shri Ram Yantra on the second floor of the temple during special religious ceremonies linked to Chaitra Navratri and the Hindu New Year
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