Kamlesh Patel’s car is decorated with flowers and flags of Lord Ram for the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Sunil Pandiya and Kamlesh Patelhold the Indian flag at the start of the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Akankasha Bansal (center) holds her youngest child and stands with her family in front of a truck showing AI images of Lord Ram at the starting point of the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Devotees dance and celebrate at the starting point of the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Ravindra Kumar, Sajal Agrawal and Manish Shukla wear orange bandanas with an image of Lord Ram for the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Rally organizer Bimal Bhagvat stands with wife Sangnya, at the starting point of the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Ritesh Tandon at the the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A devotee holds the US flag and a large flag of Lord Ram at the starting point of the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Sajal Agrawal wears an orange bandana with an image of Lord Ram for the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Devotees dance and take selfies at the starting point of the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in a parking lot at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Cars displaying a Lord Ram flag and the Indian flag line up for the freeway on ramp for the Ram Janmabhoomi Bay Area Car Rally in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Jan. 20, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A crowd gathers inside the Vedic Dharma Samaj Fremont Hindu Temple, waiting for darshan, as the temple celebrates the Jan. 22, 2024 Ram Mandir consecration in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India by inviting devotees for darshan, preeti bhoj and a live viewing of the event in Fremont, Calif. on Jan. 21, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Devotees receive darshan by lighting the diya at the Vedic Dharma Samaj Fremont Hindu Temple, as the temple celebrates the Jan. 22, 2024 Ram Mandir consecration in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India by inviting devotees for darshan, preeti bhoj and a live viewing of the event in Fremont, Calif. on Jan. 21, 2024. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local

Sree Sripathy joined India Currents as a staff photographer and CatchLight Local Fellow as part of CatchLight's California Local Visual Desk program in June 2022. Reach out with story ideas or comments...