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Ayodhya Ram Mandir Ground Report

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 and several stories from Ayodhya, that have been buried during the long struggle.

This tag collates some of the Ground Reports from Ayodhya by OpIndia in the run-up to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony.

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‘Ram Lalla takes precedence over everything’: Karsevak Shiv Dayal Mishra, who survived 2 bullet wounds, describes the harrowing events of the 1990s

राहुल पाण्डेय - 13 January, 2024

Karsevak shiv Dayal Mishra revealed how the corpses of Ram devotees were laid on the Saryu bridge in the 1990s.

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Muslim localities, multiple mosques and Qabristans around Ram Mandir in Ayodhya: The ‘diversity’ that Leftists and Islamists want to hide

राहुल पाण्डेय - 12 January, 2024

Ayodhya is known for its multi-faith culturalism, reflected in the existence of mosques, Hindu temples, Jain pilgrim centres—all interspresed in the holy land, known for being the birthplace of Lord Ram.

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‘They brought a helicopter to target and kill unarmed devotees in Ayodhya’: Families of karsevaks claim involvement of late MP Munnan Khan in the...

राहुल पाण्डेय - 11 January, 2024

Locals, including the family members of martyr karsevaks say that Balrampur's former MP Munnan Khan was activey involved in targeting and killing the devotees.

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Karsevak Mahavir Agrawal was shot twice in chest, was alive when tossed into a vehicle full of corpses: His widow raised their two sons...

राहुल पाण्डेय - 11 January, 2024

Mahavir Prasad Agrawal's wife had to search fanatically for her missing husband on that fateful day. She finally found his body in a police vehicle full of corpses of karsevaks.

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Ram Mandir compound has Ved Pathshalas, Gaushalas, museum, and much more; women’s battalion of CRPF providing water-tight security

राहुल पाण्डेय - 10 January, 2024

OpIndia found that many prestigious families, big industrialists, big personalities from various fields, and top officials from private companies are also volunteering there. Many of these volunteers arrived in Ayodhya in luxury cars such as Jaguars and BMWs and stayed in five-star hotels.

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Bullet in head, saying Ram-Ram even while unconscious: Karsevak Ram Bahadur Verma’s son shares how Mulayam Singh Yadav made him orphan

राहुल पाण्डेय - 9 January, 2024

Ram Bahadur Verma was shot on October 30, 1990, while engaged in Kar Seva, and died 2 months later. OpIndia visited Ram Bahadur Verma's home and obtained information about their life since Ram Bahadur's martyrdom.

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‘Mother, I am leaving, I might not be able to return now’: Story of Karsevak Bhagwan Singh who died for Ram Mandir

राहुल पाण्डेय - 7 January, 2024

Hariom Singh suspects his uncle's body was thrown into the Saryu River by police officers deployed in Ayodhya back then.

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Read the tale of Karsevak Ram Achal Gupta, who was shot dead by police while singing Ramdhun in 1990 after he was stopped from...

राहुल पाण्डेय - 5 January, 2024

Karsevak Ram Achal Gupta was shot dead in Ayodhya on the pretext of offering prayers during Mulayam Singh Yadav's government.

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Police fired on orders of CM Mulayam Singh Yadav, ‘cremated’ body forcefully in Ayodhya: Story of a ‘Postman’ who sacrificed his life for Ram...

राहुल पाण्डेय - 5 January, 2024

In the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the idol of Ram Lalla will be installed within the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on 22nd January 2024

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