Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a plaque on Wednesday to kick off the construction of a Hindu temple in the northern city of Ayodhya on a spot where a mosque was demolished nearly three decades ago to spark deadly riots nationwide.
Hindu priests and supporters of the Vishva Hindu Parishad , a Hindu nationalist organisation, perform"havan" as part of a special prayer for a stone laying ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, in New Delhi, India August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
It follows a Supreme Court verdict late last year that handed the site to India’s Hindu majority in exchange for a plot given to the Muslim community for a mosque, ending years of litigation. “Usurpation of the land by an unjust, oppressive, shameful and majority-appeasing judgment can’t change its status,” the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board said on Twitter. “No need to be heartbroken. Situations don’t last forever.”
Yellow flowers decorated the freshly washed area around a temple on the banks of the Sarayu River where Modi will offer prayers before heading to the construction site at noon on his first such visit since becoming prime minister in 2014.Numerous security officials guarded Ayodhya, crowded by thousands of people, few wearing masks against the coronavirus, although social distancing measures to limit its spread will allow only about 200 to gather at the main event site.
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