A group of men chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’. climbed on top of a church in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua and planted saffron flags, ahead of the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony. In a video, now viral, the men can be seen climbing the building, and attaching a flag on the Christian cross. The saffron flag had a picture of the Ayodhya Ram Temple and ‘Jai Sri Ram’ inscribed on it. The incident took place on Sunday, 21 January, a day before the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony.
Speaking to The Quint, the pastor of the church, Narbu Amaliyar, said that the group of men arrived yelling the slogans right after the Sunday prayer had completed.
“This happened at around 3 pm when we had just finished our Sunday prayer. These men arrived out of nowhere, screaming ‘Jai Sri Ram’. There were at least 25 men, and a few of them climbed on top of the church with the flag,” Pastor Amaliyar told The Quint.