The inauguration of the temple, which is still under construction, is dedicated to Hinduism's Lord Ram and fulfils a long-standing demand made by millions of Hindus who worship the revered deity.
Mr Modi's party and other Hindu nationalist groups who seized on this demand have portrayed the temple as central to their vision of reclaiming India's Hindu pride they say was shadowed by centuries of Mughal rule and British colonialism.
The Prime Minister, dressed in the traditional outfit of a Kurta, led the opening ceremony amid hymns chanted by Hindu priests inside the temple's inner sanctum where a 4.25ft stone sculpture of Lord Ram was installed last week.
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