In pics: CM Yogi along with UP MLAs offer prayers at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, accompanied by Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, along with other members of the UP assembly and legislative council, visited Ayodhya's Ram Mandir on Sunday. (PTI)

The Uttar Pradesh assembly and legislative council members travelled to Ayodhya in 10 buses around 9 am for a darshan of Ram Lalla. (PTI)

Petals were showered on the MLAs as they arrived at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple near the Barabanki-Ayodhya border. Bulldozers were lined up to greet the convoy of UP MLAs. (PTI)

After offering prayers, Deputy CM KP Maurya expressed his hopes for a prosperous India by 2047, seeking blessings from Lord Ram in Ayodhya. "Today all the legislators had the opportunity to seek blessings from Lord Ram in Ayodhya. May he shower his blessings and by 2047 we become Viksit Bharat," he said. (PTI)

State minister Nand Gopal Nandi criticized Congress and Samajwadi Party, accusing them of practising appeasement politics and opposing Sanatan Dharma. "There are people doing appeasement politics in the opposition, be it Congress or Samajwadi Party. Their ancestors inherited the Samajwadi Party and opposed Sanatan Dharma," he said. (PTI)

UP Assembly speaker Satish Mahana felt privileged to witness Lord Ram directly. "I am very emotional because when I came to this place, there was a structure here, which was demolished in front of us on December 6. I had come here at the time when a bullet was fired in 1990. I came here at the time when the platform was constructed. And today I am fortunate that I got the privilege of seeing God directly." (PTI)

Earlier, the MLAs had planned to visit the temple on February 1, but later postponed the trip to avoid inconvenience to people thronging the town to pay respect to Lord Ram. (PTI)