sanctum sanctorum

The idol has been placed on a marble pedestal in the sanctum sanctorum.

The first mob attack took place on Saturday when an unidentified man stepped inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar.

There were suggestions that some had found their way into the entrails of the stadium, reaching as far as Old Trafford’s sanctum sanctorum, the home team’s changing room.

Then the riot the next day found marauders in the Senate chamber, Mr. McConnell’s sanctum sanctorum.

Mr Modi is to lay a symbolic silver brick in the sanctum sanctorum, or innermost sanctuary, of the site as scores of devotees watch the event on giant screens across the city.