Ram Temple: 'Blessed' Sridhar Vembu Reaches Ayodhya With Mother, Shares Emotional Moment

The chief executive officer of the Indian multinational technology company Zoho, Sridhar Vembu has reached Ayodhya town of Uttar Pradesh to seek the Darshan of Lord Ram. The founder of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) major shared the moments in a social media update.

“In Ayodhya with my amma (mother) Janaki and my brother Kumar and his wife Anu. Amma is a life-long devotee of Lord Shri Ram. Very blessed to be here. Jai Shri Ram,” Vembu wrote on the social media platform ‘X’.

Netizens praised Vembu’s decision to go to Ayodhya. An X user wrote, “Wonderful to see entrepreneurs like you connected to Dharma. Inspiration for youth!”

In September last year, the Chennai-headquartered firm, achieved a milestone by surpassing 100 million users across more than 55 business applications. This achievement occurred less than a year after the company announced reaching $1 billion in revenue in November 2022.

Zoho Corp has experienced significant growth in both sales and user count in recent years. To provide context, it reached the 1 million user mark in 2008, and the most recent 50 million users joined within the last five years.

Ram temple consecration

The much-awaited Ram temple consecration will be held in Ayodhya city of Uttar Pradesh on Monday in a grand ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the rituals, following which the shrine will be opened for the public a day later.

While more than 7,000 people are on the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers.

Those attending the “Pran Prathishtha” also include people linked to the agitation for the temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi.