Indian sculptor gives form to PM Modi's Hindu dreams

Arun Yogiraj's latest high-profile creation at center of new Ram Temple in Ayodhya

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Arun Yogiraj with his sculpture of Ram Lalla, left, and the idol dressed and decorated on the right. (Source photos by Arun Yogiraj and Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra)

RASHMI GOPAL RAO, Contributing writer

BENGALARU -- When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrated the Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya in front of 7,000 guests and millions of television viewers last month, the spotlight was on a statue of Lord Ram as a 5-year-old boy.

For sculptor Arun Yogiraj, Ram Lalla -- lalla means "little boy" in Hindi -- was the commission of a lifetime.

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