Ram Temple 2nd anniversary: Slaughterhouses in Gujarat cities, towns to remain closed on Jan 22

Slaughterhouses in Gujarat cities and towns will remain closed on January 22 on the occasion of the completion of two years of the Ram Temple’s consecration or ‘Pran Pratishtha’ in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, the state government said on Wednesday. The Urban Development and Urban Housing Department has written a letter to all commissioners of municipal corporations and other municipalities in the state, asking them to enforce its order on closure of abattoirs on Thursday.

Through the letter, the department has directed these officials to keep the slaughterhouses in cities and towns under their jurisdiction closed in view of the second anniversary celebrations of the Ram Temple’s inauguration. The circular states, “in view of the second anniversary of Pran Prathishta of Shree Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the state government has requested closure of all slaughterhouses within their jurisdiction.”

This is the third time such a directive has been issued by the state government. On January 22, 2024, on the occasion of the Pran Pratishtha of the temple in Ayodhya, a similar request was made. A similar order was issued in 2025, too, a senior government official said.