Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Viswanathan Anand Among Sports Stars Invited For Ram Temple Inauguration

Cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar, chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, dash queen PT Usha and footballer Bhaichung Bhutia are among the many outstanding sports activities personalities invited for the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya subsequent week. The 500+ state visitor record, accessed by PTI, options a mixture of politicians, actors, sports activities stars and industrialists who’ve been invited for the occasion on Monday. Besides Tendulkar, World Cup profitable captain Kapil Dev, ‘little grasp’ Sunil Gavaskar in addition to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Virendra Sehwag and Indian cricket coach Rahul Dravid are on the record too.

From the present Indian cricket staff, Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit Sharma have been invited.

Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari, footballer Kalyan Chaube, long-distance runner Kavita Raut Tungar and paralympic javelin thrower Devendra Jhanjadia have acquired an invite as have ladies cricket captain Mitali Raj, shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu and her coach Pullela Gopichand.

It will not be clear what number of of them will really attend the opening of the 161-feet-tall pink sandstone shrine.

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