It will be the first visit of the Sena chief to Ayodhya after his party severed ties with the BJP and the NDA last year. (Photo: Getty Images)

It has been more than three months since the Shiv Sena took a turn for the secular but it looks like the party has not forgotten its roots.

As Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray completes 100 days in power as Maharashtra chief minister, the party has said that he will be visiting Ayodhya to seek blessings from Lord Ram. Also invited to seek divine blessings are allies Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

On Wednesday, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said, "Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray will visit Ayodhya on the completion of 100 days in power to seek the blessings of Lord Ram. We want that our alliance leaders should also come along. Rahul Gandhi also visits several temples."

Chalo Ayodhya ! CM #UddhavThackeray will visit Ayodhya on the completion of 100 days in power! @OfficeofUT Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) January 22, 2020

It will be the first visit of the Sena chief to Ayodhya after his party severed ties with the BJP and the NDA over sharing of power after the results of the Maharashtra elections were declared in October last year.

Thackeray had put off his November 24, 2019 visit to Ayodhya, after the NCP core committee resolved to form an alternative government in the state.

The Sena subsequently joined hands with the NCP and Congress to form a coalition government.

Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as the CM on November 28, 2019.

Thackeray had last visited Ayodhya in June 2019 and offered prayers at the makeshift Ram Lalla temple along with 18 newly-elected MPs of his party.