The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is planning to reach out to 13 crore families across 5.25 lakh villages in the country to collect funds for the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya
Will seek a nominal contribution of Rs 11 from each family, hope to collect Rs 5,000 crore
The Trinamool Congress government on July 28 announced a series of dates in this month when total lockdown would be imposed across West Bengal to contain the spread of Covid-19
VHP working president Alok Kumar junked the claim of Digvijaya Singh that foundation stone for the Ram temple was laid by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, adding that he never visited the location
Various seers sent water from all the important rivers such as Krishna, Bheema, Malaprabha and Ghataprabha
AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's possible attendance to the 'Bhoomi pujan' ceremony of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on August 5 would mean violation of his constitutional oath, even as VHP called for celebrations on that day. In a tweet, Owaisi said, "Attending Bhoomi Pujan in official capacity will be a violation of @PMOIndia's constitutional oath. Secularism is part of the Basic Structure of Constitution." According to members of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Ayodhya on August 5 for the "bhoomi pujan" (ground breaking ceremony) to begin the construction of the Ram temple. Veteran BJP leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat are among those who have been invited to the ceremony. "We can't forget that for over 400 years Babri stood in Ayodhya & it was demolished by a criminal mob in 1992," the Hyderabad Lok sabha member said in another ...
He even claimed that the state had adopted a discriminatory attitude in resolving the crisis of UP-origin labourers stuck in other states
According to reports, the trust, in its second meeting, was to work out the modalities of the 'Bhoomi Pujan'
The Sangh Parivar outfit made public a silver throne, which, it said, had been ordered by the erstwhile princely family of Ayodhya
The VHP will have a quiet ceremony of shifting Ram Lalla to the new fibreglass structure so that construction of the temple could be expedited
"It is possible that the government-formed trust will have to acquire more land from around for building the grand temple," the former BJP MP said.
Police said they objected to the distribution of the religious book as it could incite passion among the visitors leading to law and order problem
No law can prove a deterrent in the absence of institutions and capacity to enforce it, say experts. There is also a concern that any govt may repeal it as Parliament can't be prevented from doing so
Responding to a querry on how VHP would want the temple fund to be generated, Kumar said that trust should make an appeal for money from devotees
The 'Nagara' architecture-style proposed temple will be 268 feet 5 inches in length, 140 feet in width and 128 feet in height
Apart from a confluence of modern and Vedic curriculum, the university also aims to recreate Vedic era ambience of teaching
FIR has been lodged against Yadav, his accomplice for eve-teasing and creating disturbance at a religious assembly
A VHP functionary also said that instead of Make in India people should focus on the cow for the country's economic salvation
Praveen Togadia demanded that the Centre set up a Commission to probe the reasons behind exodus of Hindus in the country