The road to the Grand Ram Temple being built at the Ram Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya, has been a long and arduous one. It has been a 500-year-long battle, with hundreds sacrificing their lives to reclaim one of the most holy sites for Hindus.
Articles tracing the century-old battle have been added to this page. From the Nihangs, and Marathas to the Karsevaks, and the 1990s Rath Yatra – this section explores the road that Hindus travelled to reclaim Ram Janmabhoomi.
An estimated 2400 Hindu women were gang raped, and 3500 temples were destroyed by frenzied Muslim mobs in Bangladesh. An estimated 700 Hindus were killed in the carnage.
The wait of almost 500 years ended for the Suryanshi Thakur community on Thursday (18th January) when they finally wore their turbans at the Sarairasi village of Ayodhya.
Dilip Godambe also participated in the Karsewa with Shalini Dabir. He says that those who talk about building a hospital there do not know the value of that soil.
Saraswati Devi Agarwal, an 85-year-old resident of Karamtand in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, kept a vow of silence (Maun Vart) for 30 years and pledged to break it only after the Ram Mandir…
“I resolved not to wear stitched clothes. I will wear a Khadau. Till then I will remain like this. Since then my penance has been going on. On the 22nd,…
As 22nd January is approaching, the holy city of Ayodhya is decked up for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Shri Ram Mandir - but tales from this past have been…
As Ram Mandir in Ayodhya prepares for its grand opening, it is noteworthy to recollect the sacrifices made by Karsevaks in demolishing the symbol of tyranny.
The Advani-led Rath Yatra had such a massive appeal that devotees used to shower flower petals in every nook and cranny the Yatra traversed through. In fact, people’s devotions were…
Nihang Sikhs had performed Hawan and Pooja in the erstwhile disputed site of Babri structure in 1858.
Ram Lalla's 'temporary Mandir' appeared in Ayodhya following the demolition of disputed Babri structure in 1992.