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Days after the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday advised his cabinet colleagues to refrain from visiting the Ayodhya Ram Temple for now. According to news agency ANI, citing government sources, he has suggested that, due to the heavy rush and to prevent inconvenience to the public caused by VIPs with protocols, Union Ministers should plan their visits to Ayodhya in March.

A massive crowd gathered at Rampath to offer prayers to Ram Lalla on Wednesday, two days after the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony of the deity. The visuals from outside the temple showed a huge number of devotees braving the cold weather to have the 'darshan' of Shri Ram Lalla.

Inspector-General of Police Ayodhya, Praveen Kumar, said that the crowd is nonstop and appealed to the people not to hurry for Darshan.

"The crowd is nonstop but preparations are complete. We appeal to the old and Divyang people to schedule their visit after two weeks. I want to appeal to the people that there's no need to hurry for Darshan. The temple will be opened for everyone with better preparations," IG Kumar told ANI.

Earlier, Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, Vijay Kumar, said that a sufficient number of police and other security personnel have been deployed in and around the Ram Temple premises in Ayodhya as hoards of devotees throng to offer prayers to Lord Ram Lalla.

The Pran Pratishtha of Ram Lalla at Ram Temple in Ayodhya was held on Monday. The Ram Lalla idol was unveiled at the Pran Pratishtha ceremony after the hour-long rituals in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led the ceremony.

Meanwhile, the state government has take crowd control measures as devotees continued to throng Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. 

UP DG Law & Order Prashant Kumar said, " We have improved crowd control measures and made dedicated queue channels to ensure that devotees do not face any inconvenience. Today, the crowd is smaller than yesterday and the arrangements are good. We appeal to devotees to stay patient."

A sufficient number of police and other security personnel have been deployed in and around the Ram Temple premises in Ayodhya as hoards of devotees throng to offer prayers to Lord Ram Lalla after the 'Pran Pratishtha'.

(With input from agencies)