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In December 1990, a small group of scholars, upon the invitation of the VHP,
collected some documentary evidences. The excavation carried out by the
Archaeological Survey of India from 12 March 2003 to 7 August 2003
uncovered a variety of different structures and objects including a 12 foot statue
of Lord Hanuman and coins dating back to early historic period. In July 1992, a
group of eminent archaeologists went to the Ramkot hill to examine the findings.
They found religious scriptures and statue of Lord Vishnu. The results of the
findings reveal that the inner boundary of the disputed structure rests, on an
earlier existing structure, which “may have belonged to an earlier temple”.
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (“Unity in Diversity”) is the official national motto of Indonesia, a Muslim-majority
country. It is in the Indonesian national symbol Garuda. The phrase is from a 14th century Old Javanese poem:
Hindutva as a Culture, not Religion: M S Golwalkar, one of the main proponents of Hindutva believed that
India's diversity in terms of customs, traditions and ways of worship was its uniqueness and that this diversity
was not without the strong underlying cultural basis which was essentially native. He believed that the Hindu
natives with all their diversity, shared among other things "the same philosophy of life", "the same values" and
"the same aspirations" which formed a strong cultural and a civilizational basis for a nation.
Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul views the rise of Hindutva as a welcome, broader civilizational resurgence of India.
Leaders subscribing to Hindutva have been known for their demands for a Uniform Civil Code for all the
citizens of India. They believe that differential laws based on religion violate Article 44 of the Indian
Constitution and have sowed the seeds of divisiveness between different religious communities.
The advocates of Hindutva often use the term pseudo-secularism to refer to policies which they believe are
unduly favorable towards the Muslims and Christians. They oppose what they see as a 'separate-but-equal'
system; some supporters of Hindutva see it as the Indian National Congress party's effort to woo the sizable
minority vote bank at the expense of true equality. The subject of a Uniform Civil Code, which would remove
special religion-based provisions for different religions (Hindus, Muslims, Christians, etc.) from the Indian
Constitution, is thus one of the main agendas of Hindutva organizations.
What is
DHARMA?
A grave historical wrong done through the unjust force of an alien invader has been set right for national
healing. All of us Indians (Hindus, Muslims, and Christians alike) must recognize that Babur or his army
men were not any one of our ancestors. Pledging under the Dharmachakra-embossed national emblem and
the national flag, let us all Indians of many diverse creeds, languages, and pursuits, strive together, speak in
harmony, and form a common goal to uplift all of our people to total material prosperity and spiritual heights
in whatever path each may choose to tread. We also have the noble task of fixing the present state from its
adharmic perversions.
Dharmam eva Satyam – tat vratam
The Nirmohi Akhara, the judgment says, would get the Ram Chabutra and Sita Rasoi. Ravi Shankar Prasad,
BJP leader and senior advocate appearing for one of the litigants, emerged from court after the verdict to say,
"this matter will be looked into in the next three months but the important part here is that court has taken a
decision with the consent of the majority and that is that where Ram Lalla is (viraajman) is the birth place of
Ram and that's what the Hindu's believe and even (Justice) SU Khan has also said that Ram Lalla will not be
moved out from that place even when it will be divided into three." Crucially, the court has said there shall
be status quo at the site for three months.
There were two other majority findings, where one judge dissented and two agreed: that the disputed
structure was a mosque and that a temple was demolished to build a mosque. Justice SU Khan held that no
temple was demolished for constructing the mosque at the disputed structure. He said the mosque was
constructed under orders of Babar over the ruins of temples lying in that state for a very long time. The
judgment observed that the idols were placed beneath the central dome early on December 23, 1949. The
court dismissed two major claims to the land - one filed in 1989 on behalf Ram Lalla, or the infant Lord
Ram, and the second by the Sunni Waqf Board filed in 1961. The Sunni Waqf Board has said it does not
agree with today's judgment and will appeal in the Supreme Court against it.
The chairman of the Sri Ram Janmbhoomi Trust, Nritya Gopal Das, too said they would challenge the
decision to provide one-third of the disputed land to the Sunni Waqf Board in the Supreme Court. The
dispute before the court was whether the 2.7 acres of disputed land on which the Babri Masjid stood before it
was demolished on December 6, 1992, belongs to the Sunni Central Waqf Board or to the Akhil Bharat
Hindu Mahasabha. It has been a protracted legal battle, and people across the country have spoken in one
voice on the need to maintain peace and harmony.