New Delhi, Aug 8: The DD's live telecast of the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan ceremony in Ayodhya had recorded massive viewership as more than 160 million people watched the live broadcast of the historic movement, public broadcaster CEO Shashi S Vempati said.
"Per preliminary estimates over 160 Million people watched the live telecast of the Ayodhya Ram Temple Bhumi Pujan ceremony, resulting in viewership of more than 7 billion viewing minutes across the TV universe in India," Prasar Bharti CEO tweeted.
Vempati, in his tweets, shared that the live event generated 700 crore viewing minutes across the television universe in India. He also revealed that DD’s live coverage of the event was carried by nearly 200 TV channels between 10:45 and 2 pm on August 5.
On the eve of the Bhumi Pujan ceremony, the Prasar Bharti had aired a special live show from the Saryu Ghat in Ayodhya. On 5 August, it had started continuous coverage of the events in Ayodhya from 6 am. Prasar Bharati also translated PM Modi’s speech in multiple Indian languages including Ladakhi, Odia, and Kannada.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony was guided by the priests chanting Sanskrit shlokas.