Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi - Part II | || Satyameva Jayate ||

• Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi - Part II | || Satyameva Jayate ||

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  • Most of you may not remember this but in a post on my blog more than four years ago, I wrote:

    I see the Ayodhya movement as inseparably linked to a revival of Hindu pride. Lord Shri Ram’s character can be an ideal template to bring together the disparate elements within present day Hindu religion. Being an earlier epic than Mahabharata, the Ramayana has strong elements that support a cohesive society, much before the degradation of the varna-ashram dharma into the jati-pratha system (e.g. the characters of Valmiki, Shabri, Jatav, Shri Hanuman etc). These need to be highlighted and woven together to win mass support for reclamation of Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya.

  • Before we delve into the history of the Janmabhoomi, it may be helpful to recollect what Gandhi-ji said about mosques built after destroying temples:

    “Mosques built after destroying temples are the sign of slavery and Muslims should hand over the same to Hindu Society”

    Source: Mahatma Gandhi in ‘Navjeevan’ dated July 17, 1937 [ quoted here ].

  • As per historians, since 1528 there have been at least 76 armed conflict in which over 300,000 Hindus sacrificed their lives to restore the Ram Janma Bhoomi temple.

    …the only conflict free periods were when they were allowed to worship inside the disputed structure.

  • In 1934, during the armed conflict between Hindus and Muslims the Babri structure was damaged. Since 1936, the Babri structure was an abandoned building and did not function as a community mosque for local muslims. There is no evidence of any Mutawalli or Imam or Muazzin or Khatib or Khadim having functioned as the mosque management as such for the up keep and maintenance of the ‘mosque’.
  • Since December 23, 1949 there have been daily Hindu prayers and worship at the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple…Babri was not a functional Mosque, and it has been a functional temple for atleast 42 years.
  • Past excavations and studies suggest that a temple did exist at the same site (as) and underneath, the disputed structure. This has also been corroborated by the report of the ASI - which was submitted to the court on Augist 25, ‘03. From Proof of temple found at Ayodhya: ASI report
  • Harsh Narain’s Rama-Janmabhumi Temple: Muslim Testimony that summarises the evidence (based on contemporary records by Muslim scholars) and makes the following points
  • 4. That the Babari mosque was also called ‘masjid-i Janmasthan’ and ‘masjid-i Sîta kî Rasoî’ from long before 1855.

  • I will end this post with a heartfelt plea to all Muslims in India:

    Please consider that the Ram Janmabhoomi issue is not really a matter of discussion, debate, archeology or law.

    It is a matter of faith.

  • please cooperate with Hindus in building a grand temple - not just in Ayodhya but also in Kashi and Mathura.

  • That is the way to close this painful chapter. That is the way towards reconciliation.

    That is the path to peace

  • Parting Thought: From an open letter to Justice Liberhan by Dr S Kalyanaraman:

    …Unfortunately, Liberman(sic), you have missed the central point.

  • Law and Revolution are antithetical, in a way. It is impossible to revolt under law as it has evolved. Revolution by its very nature has to be outside of the judicial system.

    …A spiritual movement cannot be compiled as an evidence dossier, Liberman. It has only to be experienced.

  • Sure, law books will be thrown at me to say that the movement should have been ‘legally’ conducted. But, the problem is, legality is a papal canon and not a spiritual understanding of Hindusthan. I don’t want so far as to say that ‘law is an ass’ which can only bray and is incapable of the cry of revolt. But I will say this. This revolt will NOT go away.