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In a 2003 statement to the Allahabad High Court, Lal stated that he submitted a seven-page preliminary report to the Archaeological Survey of India in 1989, mentioning the discovery of "pillar bases", immediately south of the Babri mosque structure in Ayodhya. Subsequently, all technical facilities were withdrawn and the project wasn't revived ...
In 2007, Mandal and Ratnagar co-authored a highly critical appraisal of the excavation titled Ayodhya: Archaeology after Excavation (Tulika Publishers; New Delhi). [4] This, however, brought the umbrage of the Court which held their public discussion of sub-judice matters—involving in-camera submissions like the ASI report and depositions by ...
Babri Masjid 19th century photo by Samuel Bourne Religion Affiliation Islam District Ayodhya Status Demolished Fate Site now occupied by the Ram Mandir temple; succeeded by Muhammad bin Abdullah Masjid Location Municipality Ayodhya State Uttar Pradesh Country India Location in India Geographic coordinates 26°47′44″N 82°11′40″E / 26.7956°N 82.1945°E / 26.7956; 82.1945 ...
After years of agitation, their efforts resulted in an explosion of Islamophobic violence on Dec. 6, 1992, when a Hindu mob numbering at least 75,000 descended on Ayodhya and dismantled the Babri ...
Dr. Gupta was a prominent scholar who supported the pro-Temple side of the Ayodhya dispute.He argued that there was evidence of a 11th-century temple that lay underneath the masjid, [2] which might have been demolished by Babur (the founder of the Mughal Empire and a Turkic invader hailing from present-day Uzbekistan), since no written record about its demolition exist. [2]
The Ayodhya dispute and the riots following the demolition form part of the backdrop to Antara Ganguly's 2016 novel, Tanya Tania. [56] Lajja (Shame), a 1993 novel by Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin , was partially inspired by the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh that intensified after the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most ...
More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part of the Hindu Maha Kumbh festival, authorities said on Friday, greater ...