Top business leaders like Mukesh Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, N Chandrasekaran, and Gautam Adani, along with more than 10,000 other guests, will attend a ceremony in a small temple town. The event will also feature achievers from entertainment, sports, politics, faith, public life, and the arts.
Travel offices linked to the corner suites at India’s largest conglomerates are working tirelessly, getting ready for a unique pilgrimage that their executives are gearing up to embark on. The top business leaders of India are poised to attend in full force at the consecration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22.
Big business leaders in India like Mukesh Ambani from Reliance Industries, Kumar Mangalam Birla from Aditya Birla Group, N Chandrasekaran from Tata Sons, and Gautam Adani from Adani Group will be at a special event in a small town with over 10,000 guests. Besides these business leaders, there will also be famous people from entertainment, sports, politics, faith, public life, and the arts.
“I really look forward to the event,” said Sanjiv Mehta, former CEO of Hindustan Unilever (HUL). “It is a big day for all Hindus and for Indians. For me, it is a spiritual trip as a Hindu,”said Mehta, who is among the guests invited to the ceremony by the temple trust.
Important business leaders in India, such as Mukesh Ambani from Reliance Industries, Kumar Mangalam Birla from Aditya Birla Group, N Chandrasekaran from Tata Sons, and Gautam Adani from Adani Group, will be at a special event in a small town. Over 10,000 guests will attend, including famous people from entertainment, sports, politics, faith, public life, and the arts.
The leader of a big Indian company shared that getting an invitation to the trust’s event was a touching moment. “The Ayodhya Temple has been a special place for Hindus for a very long time. It has always been on mylist of places to visit,” said the successful businessperson.
High-level security measures are in action. Baba Kalyani and Amit Kalyani from Bharat Forge, Satish Mehta, the CEO and MD of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, and L&T CMD SN Subrahmanyam are also invited to the event.
Fusion of faith and business
According to Debashis Chatterjee, director of IIM Kozhikode, Ayodhya combines faith, spirituality, business, and politics—a mix that fits well with good business principles. He mentioned that businesses and governments have many common stakeholders, with each being crucial to the other. The event in Ayodhya is invitation-only, and all hotels are booked. Strict protocols and special arrangements have been made for the participation of spiritual leaders, important guests, and very important guests, with a focus on safety.
The invitation for the event in Ayodhya has specific instructions, allowing only one person per invitation. Many business leaders plan to use private planes, and they might stay at Radisson and other top hotels in the town.
Some important decisions about where very important guests will stay will be made closer to the event, according to a government official.
Around 100 planes are expected to arrive in Ayodhya for the ceremony, so preparations are being made at airstrips in Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, and Azamgarh to handle the increased air traffic.
L&T, India’s largest engineering company, has managed the design and construction of the temple without any charges.
Additionally, there is an auction for hotel plots in Ayodhya, and many big hotel chains are interested in building properties there to benefit from the tourism growth expected after the opening of the airport and the temple in FY25.
Harshit Tokas 
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