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Several folk artistes started performing at various spots across Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the temple town. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday be welcomed by various groups of artists from across the country as he arrives in Ayodhya to inaugurate the redeveloped railway station and a new airport. In a statement, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office said more than 1,400 performers will present folk art and cultural programmes in a total of 40 stages set up along the route from the airport to the railway station, Ram Path. The Prime Minister will also participate in a public event later, where several development projects worth more than Rs 15,700 crore will be inaugurated. The consecration ceremony at the Ram temple will be held on January 22.