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Humiliating Shock for Narendra Modi’s Mega-Hyped Vanity Project

CAUGHT SHORT

Concrete dust, temporary barriers and furious last-minute work mean PM Narendra Modi’s vast Hindu temple complex still looks like a construction site for the grand opening.

Bhat Burhan
Kaisar Andrabi
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A photograph of the construction still happening on Ram Mandir Temple ahead of it's inauguration on January 22.
Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Bhat Burhan

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Kaisar Andrabi

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