On January 22, 2024, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, prominently participated in the inauguration of the controversial Ram Mandir in Ayodhya–built upon the ruins of the Babri Masjid which was demolished by Hindu fascists in 1992. The issue of the Ram Mandir has been a touchstone of Hindutva fascism for decades and its establishment demonstrates the RSS-BJP’s steady progression towards manifesting this objective. The imagery of Modi’s personal participation in the rituals and inauguration of the mandir was used to portray Modi’s role as something transcending a simple Prime Minister. Alongside the steady centralization of the Indian state’s executive authority within the Prime Minister’s Office, the political choreography of the inauguration now placed Modi at the political-cultural helm of a mythical Ram Raj.