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| India to soon open controversial Ram Mandir built on historic Babri Masjid site |
| 2023-09-17 |
| [GEO.TV] The initial phase of the Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya, a northern town in India, is set to conclude in December and will be open to devotees in January, an Indian official said on Wednesday. The site where the temple is being constructed was the subject of a contentious dispute between Hindus and Moslems for many years. Hindus claim the site as the birthplace of Lord Ram and consider it sacred, with historical significance preceding the construction of the Babri mosque by Moslem Mughals in 1528. In 1992, a Hindu mob destroyed the mosque, leading to widespread riots across India in which approximately 2,000 people bit the dust, primarily Moslems. India's Supreme Court awarded the site to Hindus in 2019, paving the way for the construction of a Hindu temple, a plan long supported by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu-nationalist party. Modi has been invited to take part in the prayers at the opening ceremony, Nripendra Misra, Chairman of the Shri Ramjanmabhoomi Temple Construction Committee, told news hounds. "The ground floor (of the temple) will be completed in December 2023 and once it is completed and once the lord has moved to the sanctum sanctorum ...we have to permit devotees to come and pray," Misra said. THE DISPUTE The demolition of the centuries-old Babri mosque by a Hindu mob in the Indian holy town of Ayodhya in late 1992 sparked deadly religious riots around the country, killing about 2,000 people. Here are key facts about the disputed site, sourced from court and government documents. The Hindu epic scripture Ramayana mentions Ayodhya, located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh nearly 700 km (435 miles) from New Delhi, as the birthplace of the Hindu god-king Ram. He is believed to be a physical incarnation of Lord Vishnu, one of the principal deities of Hinduism. In 1528, a mosque was constructed in Ayodhya under India’s first Mughal ruler, Babur. Many Hindus believe it was built on the exact birthspot of Lord Ram, where there is some evidence that a Hindu temple had once stood. In December 1949, some Hindu activists placed idols of Ram inside the disputed structure, leading to the mosque’s seizure by authorities. Court orders restrained people from removing the idols, and the structure’s use as a mosque effectively ceased from that point. Hindu and Moslem groups filed separate claims over the site and the structure. In 1989, the Allahabad High Court ordered the maintenance of the status quo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Had the Hind's divine line-up a Janus, He might have made plain that the heinous Ayodhyan misdeeds Involved creeps of both creeds, And Ay9dhya's but Ram's mama's [whoopsie]. |
| Posted by: Boss Gliper9117 2023-09-17 23:59 |