Fact check: Did Virat Kohli attend Ram Mandir consecration ceremony?

Fact check: Did Virat Kohli attend Ram Mandir consecration ceremony?

Indian men's cricket team superstar Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma were extended the invitation to the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on Monday (Jan 22). While some reports claimed that Kohli did not attend the event, some viral videos and images on social media suggested that Kohli had indeed made the trip to the holy city.

Ram Temple Consecration: 13 Former SC Judges Attend Ceremony in Ayodhya

The only judge who was part of the 5-member bench that gave the Babri Masjid verdict in 2019 and attended the event was Justice Ashok Bhushan.

13 former Supreme Court judges attend Ram Mandir inauguration

Former CJIs Ranjan Gogoi and SA Bobde, and Justice Abdul Nazeer, who were also part of the Ayodhya bench, could not attend the ceremony owing to prior official commitments.