The construction of a new temple for Hindu God Ram was unveiled in the Indian town of Ayodhya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the first silver brick in a historic ceremony.
Indian TV channels and news websites ran wall-to-wall coverage of the event.
BBC reports: Chandrakant Sompura, the chief architect of the proposed temple, told news website The Print that the structure would be designed in the "Nagara" style of temple architecture - a popular north Indian temple building style.
The inner sanctum of the temple - where the idol of the primary deity is housed - will be octagonal. The temple will include a large structure of three floors with 366 pillars and five domes.
The site has been a source of tension between Hindus and Muslims, both of whom claimed ownership over it.
Hindu mobs demolished a 16th Century mosque there in 1992, saying it was originally a temple for one of their most revered deities, Lord Ram.
The Supreme Court last year gave the site to Hindus, ending a decades-old legal battle.
The court gave Muslims another plot of land in the city to construct a mosque.
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