The Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha Ceremony on 22nd January 2024 was unarguably the biggest event in 2024. It was attended by several celebrities, sportspersons and politicians and Ayodhya will be witnessing a landmark change in its everyday rituals and lifestyle.
Approximately, 100 million people are expected to visit Ayodhya every year as per a report by Jefferies analysts. It is more than the people who annually visit the Vatican City and the Mecca.
While the Vatican City is the home of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, the Mecca is the holy place for Muslims.
This simply underlines the fact that several industries will be affected in a positive manner in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. While the tourism, food and hospitality industries will be witnessing a major spike in their revenues, the sports industry can also possibly witness a landmark change.
With more infrastructure and connectivity, there were will be more people who settle in Ayodhya. An ecosystem will be formed in this sacred city of Uttar Pradesh. Now since cricket is a religion in India and people get united through this sport, the children of all the workers, support staff and owners will be resorting to cricket.
Recently, an international cricket stadium was established in Varanasi and it was the culmination of a 95-year-old project. It was the 3rd international cricket stadium in Uttar Pradesh.
With the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association has been playing a pivotal role in stressing on cricket and focussing on infrastructure and development. With a large influx of people residing in this city, we can expect a few cricket clubs, academies and coaching centres being established.
Once a few cricketers get selected for the Uttar Pradesh Cricket team in state-level tournaments, Ayodhya can be targeted as a hotspot of cricket in India. Post that, industries and the government can form a strategic partnership and establish a cricket stadium here.
The impact of the Ram Mandir is meteoric and we can expect a paradigm shift in which we view the cricket culture in Uttar Pradesh. We can easily expect some world-class cricketers emerging out from Uttar Pradesh if the government, the cricket association and major companies join forces together.
Some of the notable cricketers from Uttar Pradesh include Suresh Raina, Piyush Chawla, Rinku Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nikhil Chopra, R.P. Singh, Gopal Sharma and Mohammad Kaif.
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