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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.

News Reports

Rambhakti a crime? Kar Sevak jailed during Mulayam Singh govt has a prized jail certificate saying so. Old memories get revived as Ram Mandir...

राहुल पाण्डेय - 3 January, 2024

A release certificate issued to a jailed kar sevak in 1990 during Mulayam Singh Yadav govt mentions the crime as ‘107/116 Rambhakti'

News Reports

Ayodhya ground report: Dargah near Dashrath Samadhi and Hanuman Temple, priest alleges Muslim crowd used to spit at temple gate during SP rule

राहुल पाण्डेय - 2 January, 2024

Sandeep Das, the priest of Raja Dashrath Samadhi Sthal, told OpIndia that while the shrine remained a victim of neglect under governments run by parties like Samajwadi Party (SP), a dargah too was built next to it as part of a well-planned conspiracy.

News Reports

Ground Report: Read how Ayodhya’s Dashrath Samadhi Sthal was refurbished by Yogi Sarkar, temple pujari says earlier govts paid no attention

राहुल पाण्डेय - 2 January, 2024

Raja Dasharatha Samadhi Sthal is the place where the last rites of King Dashrath were performed.

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Shot in the head, wife struggled to find dead body: Story of Karsevak Ramesh Kumar Pandey who sacrificed his life for Ram Mandir

राहुल पाण्डेय - 31 December, 2023

The location where Ramesh was shot is close to Hanuman Garhi. This location is just three hundred meters from Ramesh's residence. The Ayodhya police station is also only half a kilometre from Ramesh's house and the spot where he was shot dead.

News Reports