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Ram Mandir History and Struggle

Ram Temple at Ram Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya - History of the struggle — Ram Temple at Ram Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya – History of the 500-year-old struggle

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.

News Reports

Lata Mangeshkar and the Ram Janmabhoomi movement: Here is how she wore her identity on her sleeves, proudly

OpIndia Staff - 6 February, 2022

When LK Advani took out the Rath Yatra in the 1990, Lata Mangeshkar had recorded a Ram Dhun and presented it to him.

News Reports

‘Security forces stood stunned like the guards of Kansa’s prison when Krishna was born’: Sadhu recalls Babri demolition 28 years back

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

28 years after the Babri structure was demolished on December 6, 1992, Sant Brajmohan Das revisits what exactly transpired on that historic day in Ayodhya

News Reports

Veteran archaeologist BB Lal felicitated with the Padma Vibhushan. Here is his contribution to the Ram Janmabhoomi verdict

OpIndia Staff - 9 November, 2021

Many remember Professor BB Lal for excavating the Ramjanmabhoomi site and unearthing the existence of a temple beneath the Babri structure at Ayodhya.

Opinions

5th August 2020: Why the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan was the greatest psychological blow to the ‘Left’ in India

K Bhattacharjee - 5 August, 2021

It was on this day on the 5th of August, 2020 that the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony for the Bhavya Ram Mandir was performed.

Politics

‘Dedicated my life towards Ram Janmabhoomi Movement, I need a successor’: How Yogi Adityanath became Mahant Avaidyanath’s disciple

OpIndia Staff - 5 February, 2021

Yogi Adityanath had once declined an invitation by Mahant Avaidyanath to become his disciple before eventually agreeing.

News Reports

‘Mandir Wahin Banayenge’: Watch the iconic speech by L.K. Advani vowing to rebuild temple at Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2020

LK Advani's iconic speech during 1990 Rath Yatra in which he says "Mandir Wahin Banayenge"

News Reports

Demolition of illegal structure called Babri Masjid standing on Ram Janmabhoomi not pre-planned, all Ram Bhakts acquitted by special court

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2020

The court said that the demolition of disputed Babri Masjid structure was not pre-planned, and hence there was no conspiracy to demolish it

Political History of India

Destruction of temples, Hindu houses, and killings of Hindus before and after the demolition of illegal structure on Ram Janmabhoomi

GujaratRiots.com - 21 August, 2020

After the reclamation of Ram Janmabhoomi by Hindus, the left media and its Islamist cohorts are bracing themselves to unleash a war against the Hindus.

News Reports