Vivek Agnihotri Won't Attend Pran Patishtha of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

Several Indian celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar and Amjad Ali Khan from the entertainment and music world who have been invited as state guests for the consecration of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Monday. Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has also received an invitation for the grand ceremony, however, he said that he will not be able to attend the event despite receiving multiple calls from Yogi Adityanath‘s office.
He took to Twitter to share his invitationfor the Pran Patishtha ceremony and expressed his surprise on how the entire event has been organised. “I was pleasantly surprised to receive many follow up calls from the office of CM @myogiadityanath Ji. The lady asked me travel details in an extremely warm but professional manner. Mighty impressed with the way technology is used to ensure a comfortable and safe visit for all,” he wrote.

Explaining why he won’t be able to make it to the ceremony, Vivek added, “It’s unfortunate that I am not being able to attend #PranPratishtha as I am not in Bharat on 22nd Jan for some inevitable reason and only Ram ji knows how sad I am. #RamMandir.”

The state guest list features a mix of actors, directors and singers from the showbiz world invited for the event. Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Kangana Ranaut, Madhuri Dixit and her husband Shriram Nene, Hema Malini, Sunny Deol, Rajinikanth, Prabhas, Allu Arjun, Junior NTR, Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, Anupam Kher, Anup Jalota, Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Paudwal, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shreya Ghoshal, Kailash Kher, Shankar Mahadevan, Arun Govil, Dipika Chikhlia, Sunil Lahri, Ilayaraja and family members of the late singing legend Lata Mangeshkar, among others are on the list.

While some on the list may fly in private jets on January 22, others are likely to take regular flights to reach a day earlier and stay overnight either in Ayodhya or nearby cities like Lucknow.