Ram Mandir issue not communal but national, Ayodhya movement was campaign to ensure justice with all: Gadkari
1 year, 2 months ago

Ram Mandir issue not communal but national, Ayodhya movement was campaign to ensure justice with all: Gadkari

India TV News  

The Ram Mandir movement was an awareness campaign not only for a temple but to ensure “justice with all and appeasement for none”, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday, and noted that the history of Hindutva is the history of this country. Gadkari recalled the ‘Rath Yatra’ by BJP’s veteran LK Advani in the 90s and said that it brought the Ayodhya Ram Mandir cause to the forefront of the country. Gadkari said the Ayodhya Ram temple movement was a public awareness campaign to ensure “justice with all and appeasement of none” and was against a “new appeasement policy” that had been brought out by putting aside “our country's pride, culture and history”. Gadkari on Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict The Minister also remembered the Supreme Court’s verdict in 2019 regarding the Ram Janmabhoomi and said that the country was expecting that the justice should be given based on history, truth and evidence and the top court delivered that justice to the followers of Prabhu Ram Chandra.

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From the India Today archives (2024) | Ram Mandir to Ram Rajya?
2 months ago

From the India Today archives (2024) | Ram Mandir to Ram Rajya?

India Today  

A single sentence from Narendra Modi’s address at the consecration ceremony of the Balak Ram idol at the brand-new Ram Mandir in Ayodhya summed up the epochal nature of the event. Though ancient, it has become a symbol of modern times—the Ram temple movement has become one of the major connecting points of our culture.” Apart from the Ram Mandir, …

Ram mandir, Ayodhya | A monumental transition
3 months ago

Ram mandir, Ayodhya | A monumental transition

India Today  

A s a manifest sign of the psychology of contemporary India—its social and political face, body and self-image—the Ram temple at Ayodhya has few parallels. For others, a symbol of the political power that religion wields in modern India—the event calendar, with a prime minister leading a grand pran pratishtha three months before a general election, did nothing to allay …

Sanjay Raut claims that Congress was also involved in Ram Mandir movement
3 months ago

Sanjay Raut claims that Congress was also involved in Ram Mandir movement

Op India  

Amid the nationwide call for recovering Hindu temples converted to mosques by Islamic regimes, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that even the Congress party contributed towards the Ram Mandr movement. Sanjay Raut said that the Ram Mandir movement was a nationwide movement and that everyone contributed to the movement. #WATCH | Pune, Maharashtra | On RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's …

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat warns against fresh temple-mosque disputes – ‘not acceptable to resort to extreme hatred’
3 months, 1 week ago

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat warns against fresh temple-mosque disputes – ‘not acceptable to resort to extreme hatred’

Live Mint  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that it is ‘unacceptable’ to rake up new temple-mosque disputes in India while reiterating that Ram Mandir in Ayodhya was a matter of faith. “Under the burden of the extreme past, it is not acceptable to resort to extreme hatred, malice, enmity, suspicion and rake up such new issues on a daily …

BJP MP makes a statement with '1984' bag
3 months, 1 week ago

BJP MP makes a statement with '1984' bag

India Today  

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has expressed concern over resurgence of several temple-mosque disputes and said certain individuals, after the construction of Ayodhya Ram temple, seem to believe they can become “leaders of Hindus” by raking up such issues. Delivering a lecture on ‘India – The Vishwaguru’, at Sahjeevan Vyakhyanmala here on Thursday, Bhagwat advocated for an inclusive society and said …

RSS chief jabs aspiring 'leaders of Hindus' over temple-mosque disputes
3 months, 1 week ago

RSS chief jabs aspiring 'leaders of Hindus' over temple-mosque disputes

India Today  

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday took a jibe at aspiring Hindu leaders for stirring up "Ram-temple-like" disputes at various places across India. Calling attention to India's pluralistic society, the RSS chief said that Christmas is observed in Swami Ramakrishnan Mission, emphasising that "only we can do this because we are Hindus”. Drawing two parallel examples from the Mughal Empire, …

Watch: Sushmita Sen clicked at airport, spreads Christmas cheer with warm wishes
3 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Sushmita Sen clicked at airport, spreads Christmas cheer with warm wishes

India Today  

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has expressed concern over resurgence of several temple-mosque disputes and said certain individuals, after the construction of Ayodhya Ram temple, seem to believe they can become “leaders of Hindus” by raking up such issues. Delivering a lecture on ‘India – The Vishwaguru’, at Sahjeevan Vyakhyanmala here on Thursday, Bhagwat advocated for an inclusive society and said …

BJP alleges 'dictatorship' in Karnataka, Lok Sabha MP in ICU after scuffle in Parliament
3 months, 1 week ago

BJP alleges 'dictatorship' in Karnataka, Lok Sabha MP in ICU after scuffle in Parliament

India Today  

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has expressed concern over resurgence of several temple-mosque disputes and said certain individuals, after the construction of Ayodhya Ram temple, seem to believe they can become “leaders of Hindus” by raking up such issues. Delivering a lecture on ‘India – The Vishwaguru’, at Sahjeevan Vyakhyanmala here on Thursday, Bhagwat advocated for an inclusive society and said …

Ayodhya: How did BJP suffer a shocking defeat in its stronghold? Decoding the biggest political upset
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ayodhya: How did BJP suffer a shocking defeat in its stronghold? Decoding the biggest political upset

India TV News  

It is not a hidden fact that one of the promises that brought the Bharatiya Janata Party to power was to build the Ram Temple at Lord Ram's birthplace in Ayodhya. The party's shock defeat came just four months after the consecration ceremony or 'prana pratishtha' of the Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya's grand Ram Temple. "Even Lord Ram would've …

SP's Ram Gopal Yadav makes controversial statement on Ram temple; CM Adityanath says it's appeasement politics
10 months, 2 weeks ago

SP's Ram Gopal Yadav makes controversial statement on Ram temple; CM Adityanath says it's appeasement politics

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav has courted controversy with his remarks that the Ram temple in Ayodhya is "bekaar " as it has not been properly constructed, inviting sharp criticism from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who said that this shows the "reality" of the INDIA bloc. Asked why Opposition leaders did not go to the Ram temple …

Nobody Discussing Ram Temple, Issue is Over: Sharad Pawar
11 months, 1 week ago

Nobody Discussing Ram Temple, Issue is Over: Sharad Pawar

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said that the ruling BJP may not get any political benefit from the Ram Mandir issue in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. When asked about whether the Ram temple would play any crucial role in the ongoing elections, he said, “The issue of the Ram temple in Ayodhya is now over, and no one …

INTERVIEW| BJP uses Ram's name, spreads Nathuram's agenda: Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar
11 months, 3 weeks ago

INTERVIEW| BJP uses Ram's name, spreads Nathuram's agenda: Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In the name of Ram, the ruling BJP is spreading the communal agenda of Nathuram, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar has said, asserting that vyaktivaad" is more "dangerous" than "parivarvaad". Kumar claimed that the BJP was making an attempt to reduce the greatness of the Hindu religion, asserting that in Ram's concept there is no scope of hatred towards …

Parliamentary proceedings | ‘Ram Temple ushered in a new era of governance’
1 year, 1 month ago

Parliamentary proceedings | ‘Ram Temple ushered in a new era of governance’

The Hindu  

Both Houses of Parliament on February 10, the last working day of the 17th Lok Sabha, passed a resolution terming the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya as ushering in a “new era of governance and public welfare”, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his valedictory address later, stated that the resolution by both Houses would give “constitutional power …

LK Advani's rath yatra turbocharged Ayodhya Ram Mandir movement, changed India's politics
1 year, 1 month ago

LK Advani's rath yatra turbocharged Ayodhya Ram Mandir movement, changed India's politics

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India's highest civilian honour would be conferred to the BJP patriarch Lal Krishna Advani, days after the ‘pran pratishtha’ of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. PM Modi presiding over the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony of the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 fulfilled the BJP's 34-year-old resolution that was adopted in Himachal Pradesh's …

‘Too much poison’: Attacks on Indian Muslims grow after Ram temple ceremony
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Too much poison’: Attacks on Indian Muslims grow after Ram temple ceremony

Al Jazeera  

As India marks Republic Day, many fear the dawn of a new nation where minorities are made to feel like ‘rubbish’. Addressing the country from Ayodhya, Modi said that the “wheel of time” had turned, rejecting criticism over the increased religious tensions that have been simmering in India since he came to power in 2014. “It was more about Modi …

Ram Mandir ceremony poses bigger challenge for opposition in India
1 year, 2 months ago

Ram Mandir ceremony poses bigger challenge for opposition in India

Live Mint  

The start of January's third week saw the nation engage in what Mikhail Bakhtin has described as ‘carnivalesque’. The Pran Pratistha ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya's half constructed Ram Mandir was paradigmatic of the Bakhtin described de-stabilization or reversal of power structures, as happens in traditional forms of carnival. However, the evident urgency of the consecration ceremony that could …

BJP using religion to protect corporate forces and incite communal tensions, alleges CPI(M)
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP using religion to protect corporate forces and incite communal tensions, alleges CPI(M)

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is using religion as a tool to protect Adanis and Ambanis. Attempts were being made to instigate communal tensions across the country, including Andhra Pradesh, and Ayodhya Ram Mandir was a step in that direction, the party alleged. It was solely to protect the corporate forces like Ambani …

Ayodhya Temple Reality After Long Struggle: Kishan Reddy
1 year, 2 months ago

Ayodhya Temple Reality After Long Struggle: Kishan Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TS BJP president and Union minister G. Kishan Reddy said the Ayodhya Ram temple had been secured after a 500-year struggle and had brought all people together. Addressing students at a college in Hyderabad, he said, “The event has brought together people irrespective of their status like poets, artists, actors, industrialists and eminent persons. This is the biggest spiritual …

RSS Chief Bhagwat Urges Unity as Ayodhya Temple Consecration Marks New India
1 year, 2 months ago

RSS Chief Bhagwat Urges Unity as Ayodhya Temple Consecration Marks New India

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: After the consecration ceremony at the Lord Rama temple in Ayodhya, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said that everyone in the country should shun disputes and stay united. As lakhs across the country watched the broadcast of the event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the wait of 500 …

Ram temple inauguration: BJP unleashes momentum for battle ahead
1 year, 2 months ago

Ram temple inauguration: BJP unleashes momentum for battle ahead

Hindustan Times  

The inauguration of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya may have marked the end of the long-drawn struggle, it will still continue to play big in the political arena at least for the next few months as the nation gears for the Lok Sabha polls. Along with PM Narendra Modi, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi …

A sacred occasion of the unification of Hindus, says BJP
1 year, 2 months ago

A sacred occasion of the unification of Hindus, says BJP

The Hindu  

The BJP on Monday termed the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya as a “sacred occasion of the unification of Hindus.” State president B.Y. He told reporters in Bengaluru that those who fail to revere Rama “will meet a similar fate that befell Ravana.” Meanwhile, prominent leaders of the BJP participated in special pujas organised at different temples in …

Ayodhya Ram Mandir Consecration: Here’s is Pakistan’s first reaction
1 year, 2 months ago

Ayodhya Ram Mandir Consecration: Here’s is Pakistan’s first reaction

Live Mint  

The historic ritual of 'Pran Pratistha' of Ram Lalla took place today in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saints, and a host of distinguished guests. Meanwhile, neighbouring Pakistan in its first reaction to the event the country's foreign office said in a statement that the consecration ceremony is "indicative of India's growing …

Ayodhya Ram temple consecration | Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan urges people to reaffirm commitment to ‘secular’ credentials of nation
1 year, 2 months ago

Ayodhya Ram temple consecration | Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan urges people to reaffirm commitment to ‘secular’ credentials of nation

The Hindu  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called upon people to reaffirm their commitment to the secular credentials of the nation and its Constitution by declining to be a part of the inauguration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya. Ayodhya Ram temple inauguration LIVE updates, Jan 22 2024 This was contrary to the affirmation of the first Prime Minister of the …

A massive Hindu temple has just opened in India. Why is it so controversial?
1 year, 2 months ago

A massive Hindu temple has just opened in India. Why is it so controversial?

LA Times  

Workers put up cardboard cutouts of the Hindu deity Lord Ram and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mark Thursday’s opening of a temple in Ayodhya, India. About 80 chartered flights have landed at the new international airport in India’s holy city of Ayodhya for Monday’s partial opening of a controversial temple dedicated to one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, …

Ram temple consecration | Heavy arrangements in communally sensitive areas, no permission for any celebratory rally or protest in Karnataka
1 year, 2 months ago

Ram temple consecration | Heavy arrangements in communally sensitive areas, no permission for any celebratory rally or protest in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Police patrolling and deployment increased across Karnataka from January 21 ahead of the consecration of the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The state police have deployed 150 battalions of Karnataka State Reserve Police and 250 companies of City Armed Reserve and District Armed Reserve in sensitive towns and points across the state, including Bengaluru. “In the …

’Will maintain neutrality from religion...treat all equally’: BJP minister
1 year, 2 months ago

’Will maintain neutrality from religion...treat all equally’: BJP minister

Live Mint  

Ravi Shankar Prasad has asserted that India 'will maintain neutrality from religion and the State will treat all religions equally,' amid the preparations for the consecration ceremony of Ayodhya's Lord Ram temple. Opposing the views of India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru, Prasad said that Modi, " is going there as a real worshipper of Lord Ram, and he …

India to open ‘Hindu Vatican’ on site of razed mosque
1 year, 2 months ago

India to open ‘Hindu Vatican’ on site of razed mosque

The Telegraph  

Narendra Modi is preparing to attend the opening of a vast new temple billed as the Vatican of Hinduism that he hopes will secure his victory in India’s upcoming elections. Pilgrims bearing ornate gifts have already begun streaming into the Indian city of Ayodhya in their thousands ahead of the consecration of Ram Mandir, a sprawling complex built on the …

Quiet flows the Saryu as ‘Sabke Ram’ towers over Ayodhya
1 year, 2 months ago

Quiet flows the Saryu as ‘Sabke Ram’ towers over Ayodhya

Hindustan Times  

In line with the ‘Sabke Ram’ philosophy reflecting the universality of devotion to Lord Ram, Ayodhya continues its centuries-old bond with amity, the crowning glory of which is set to be the Pran Pratishtha here on January 22. “The strong bond between Muslims and Hindus can be understood from the fact that key litigants in the Ram Janambhoomi- Babri Mosque …

Watch | Ram Temple opening | What message is Congress sending by staying away?
1 year, 2 months ago

Watch | Ram Temple opening | What message is Congress sending by staying away?

The Hindu  

On January 10, the Congress put out a statement that its top leadership, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, would not be attending the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. While declining the invitation through a statement, the party made certain points - One was the temple was a long-standing “political project” …

Ram Temple event | People see through Rahul Gandhi’s lies, says Rajeev Chandrashekhar
1 year, 2 months ago

Ram Temple event | People see through Rahul Gandhi’s lies, says Rajeev Chandrashekhar

The Hindu  

The BJP on Tuesday reacted sharply to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks that the consecration of the Ram Temple of Ayodhya was being made into a “BJP event”. Addressing a press conference at the BJP’s national headquarters in New Delhi, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar said that “Ram Temple was a deeply felt emotion by Hindus in every corner of the …

‘Ram Temple Not An Aggressive Assertion Of Hindus’: Dr. David Frawley | HT Podcast
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Ram Temple Not An Aggressive Assertion Of Hindus’: Dr. David Frawley | HT Podcast

Hindustan Times  

‘Ram Temple Not An Aggressive Assertion Of Hindus’: Dr. David Frawley | HT Podcast Politics escalates in India as the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya is set to take place on 22nd January, 2023. While many argue that politics is overpowering religion, others say the grand Ram Temple is an assertion of their rights by the majority Hindu …

Ram Mandir: Woman, who gave shelter to Karsevaks during 1990 firing, gets Jan 22 invite, recalls past | VIDEO
1 year, 2 months ago

Ram Mandir: Woman, who gave shelter to Karsevaks during 1990 firing, gets Jan 22 invite, recalls past | VIDEO

India TV News  

Ram Mandir: A 75-year-old woman, Om Bharati, who is an eyewitness to the 1990 firing incident on Karsevaks in Ayodhya by the then Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh, turned emotional as she received an invitation for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony scheduled to take place on January 22. On November 2, 1990, the then Mulayam government had ordered the …

Over 70% of Muslims in favour of Ram temple in Ayodhya, says RSS-linked Muslim body | Details
1 year, 2 months ago

Over 70% of Muslims in favour of Ram temple in Ayodhya, says RSS-linked Muslim body | Details

India TV News  

Ram temple: The Muslim Rashtriya Manch, associated with the RSS, asserted that a majority of Muslims in the country believe that Lord Ram belongs to "everyone" and have expressed their support for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Referring to the results of a survey conducted in collaboration with a charitable trust based in Gujarat, the Muslim Rashtriya …

Congress Commits Political Hara-kiri, Disowns Ram Again
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress Commits Political Hara-kiri, Disowns Ram Again

News 18  

The Congress leadership will boycott the Ram Mandir’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22. If Anand Ranganathan’s book Hindus in Hindu Rashtra is to be believed, “Governments of just 10 states control more than 1,10,000 temples.” Of these, the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, of which the Congress is an alliance partner in the state, alone controls 36,425 temples …

'It's Politics not Sanatan': Ayodhya Saints Divided Over Ram Mandir Consecration
1 year, 2 months ago

'It's Politics not Sanatan': Ayodhya Saints Divided Over Ram Mandir Consecration

The Quint  

Mahant Bhanu Das, 65, sat inside a small room in his ashram at the Panch Kosi Parikrama Marg in Ayodhya, his eyes fixed on the door. Bhanu Das was referring to an invitation for the pran pratishtha or the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple scheduled to be held on 22 January. "Ram lalla ka mandir ban raha hai.hume bohot …

Congress stance on faith: personal matter
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress stance on faith: personal matter

Live Mint  

The opposition Congress party has often seemed internally conflicted about the issue that led the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ascent to political dominance in India over the span of a quarter century: a Ram temple in Ayodhya on a site that once had a mosque. On Wednesday, however, it caught fans and foes alike by surprise with its clarity on why …

BJP indulging in 'gimmick show' ahead of Lok Sabha elections through Ram Mandir inauguration: Mamata Banerjee
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP indulging in 'gimmick show' ahead of Lok Sabha elections through Ram Mandir inauguration: Mamata Banerjee

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party over the January 22 consecration ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, saying the saffron party was indulging in a "gimmick show" ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Will never allow discrimination between Hindus and Muslims: Mamata "Yesterday I was asked about Ram Mandir. The BJP is doing …

Karnataka MLA Iqbal Hussain says Ram is his 'family God', claims Congress never uses religion to divide people
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka MLA Iqbal Hussain says Ram is his 'family God', claims Congress never uses religion to divide people

Op India  

Amid the uproar over the arrest of a Hindu activist in Karnataka’s Hubballi, Congress MLA HA Iqbal Hussain said on Thursday that Lord Ram is his “family God” and that he is a devotee. In 2018, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had asserted that “no good Hindu would want a Ram Mandir at the Babri site.” Although Congress leader Rahul Gandhi …

Politics and faith in an electoral landscape
1 year, 2 months ago

Politics and faith in an electoral landscape

Hindustan Times  

There’s been some angst expressed by Opposition parties over the Bharatiya Janata Party politicising the Ram Mandir that is set to open in Ayodhya later this month. Controversial since the late 1800s — the first major legal challenge to the Babri mosque came in 1885 — it was the BJP’s adoption of the Ram Janmabhoomi issue that propelled the idea …

CPI(M) in Kerala says Congress’s ambivalence about attending Ayodhya Ram temple consecration will subvert secular ideal of INDIA bloc
1 year, 2 months ago

CPI(M) in Kerala says Congress’s ambivalence about attending Ayodhya Ram temple consecration will subvert secular ideal of INDIA bloc

The Hindu  

A meeting of the Communist Party of India State secretariat on December 29 reportedly drew a bleak political inference that the Congress’s alleged ambivalence about attending the consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya would subvert the anti-Hindutva politics that lay at the secular heart of the broad anti-Bharatiya Janata Party INDIA bloc. Govindan said the Congress’s backsliding on secularism, …

From ‘hospital in place of Ram Mandir’ to wearing Hindu identity on sleeve: Hindutva as response to Left Liberal and deep Nehruvian State
2 years, 8 months ago

From ‘hospital in place of Ram Mandir’ to wearing Hindu identity on sleeve: Hindutva as response to Left Liberal and deep Nehruvian State

Op India  

As 90s urban kids, we have been exposed to modernity where it was cool to blame Hindus for 2002. We Hindus never learnt from bloody history where they used “Moinuddin Chishti” as a Sufi ‘saint’ who came to India on the orders of Ghauri and spied on the troop movement of Prithviraj Chauhan. Our “secular”, “modern” and “inclusive” Hindus still …

Mohan Guruswamy | How Hindus and Muslims misunderstood secularism
2 years, 10 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | How Hindus and Muslims misunderstood secularism

Deccan Chronicle  

Pakistan, the so-called “land of the pure”, was carved out of India as a homeland for Muslims, a fact that was doubly ensured by the “cleansing” out of most of the non-Muslims who were living within it. Even those Hindu nationalists who for long took a simplistic view of the 1947 Partition as India for Hindus and Pakistan for Muslims …

SP regime ordered firing at 'kar sevaks'; Lord Ram stayed in tent for years: Amit Shah in Ayodhya
3 years, 2 months ago

SP regime ordered firing at 'kar sevaks'; Lord Ram stayed in tent for years: Amit Shah in Ayodhya

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asked people here to seek an answer from Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for the firing on ‘kar sewaks’ during his party’s government in the past and asked why Lord Ram had to “stay in a tent” for years. “Akhilesh Babu, if your second generation also comes, neither Article 370 is going to …

Feel proud to be 3rd generation of 'Mandir movement': Yogi Adityanath
3 years, 4 months ago

Feel proud to be 3rd generation of 'Mandir movement': Yogi Adityanath

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya is a matter of pride for the country and he himself is proud to be the third generation of the "Mandir movement" or Ramjanmabhoomi movement. Adityanath, who is in Ayodhya to attend the Deepotsava programme, said, "We have made the impossible possible with …

'Ram Temple to be Symbol of India's Self-respect,': At Brainstorming Camp, RSS 's Mega Fundraising Plan
4 years, 2 months ago

'Ram Temple to be Symbol of India's Self-respect,': At Brainstorming Camp, RSS 's Mega Fundraising Plan

News 18  

The upcoming Ram temple in Ayodhya will be a symbol of India's self-respect and pride and its ground-breaking ceremony was a turning point in India's history, the RSS said on Thursday as it decided to launch a mega outreach programme to mobilise funds for the project. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, through its affiliates, will connect with 10 crore families across …

Ram Janmabhoomi movement: Three sacrifices that can never be forgotten
4 years, 7 months ago

Ram Janmabhoomi movement: Three sacrifices that can never be forgotten

Op India  

When PM Modi performed Bhoomi Pujan in Ayodhya yesterday, it capped a five hundred year struggle for Hindus to reclaim Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya. When Lalu Yadav became Railway Minister, he appointed a Commission that found the fire was an “accident.” If Lalu Yadav had become US Secretary of State, Osama bin Laden would have cleared his name as well …

How RSS and Ram Mandir campaign mainstreamed one other
4 years, 7 months ago

How RSS and Ram Mandir campaign mainstreamed one other

India Today  

From being banned and treated as a pariah to becoming arguably the most powerful socio-political force in the country, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has come a long way. The association of the RSS and the BJP has never been so open in public view as it appeared on August 5 during Ayodhya Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan, where RSS chief Mohan …

Ram temple bhoomi pujan | A violation of Constitution, says Sitaram Yechury
4 years, 7 months ago

Ram temple bhoomi pujan | A violation of Constitution, says Sitaram Yechury

The Hindu  

Communist Party of India general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Wednesday that the ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a violation of the Constitution in letter and spirit. Mr. Yechury said the event, which was “televised globally by the national broadcaster Doordarshan,” had confirmed the issues raised by …

Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya triggers a meltdown for liberals
4 years, 7 months ago

Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya triggers a meltdown for liberals

Op India  

Amidst much fanfare, the Bhoomi pujan ceremony that marks the construction of Ram Mandir was performed in Ayodhya earlier today. Rana Ayyub wrote an article in Washington Post condemning the Bhoomi pujan ceremony of Ram Mandir Rana Ayyub also appeared profoundly dismayed as the opposition parties celebrated the historic foundation laying ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Arfa Khanum …

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