From: sgs1679@usl.edu (Sudhindranath Sira G)
Subject: Re: How many of us knew about Ayodhya before 1986 ?
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:09:27 GMT

In article <104715@bu.edu> pankaj@bass.bu.edu (Pankaj Tyagi) writes:
>In article <1992Dec7.193127.13718@usl.edu> sgs1679@usl.edu (Sudhindranath Sira G) writes:
>>Yes. How many of us knew about Ayodhya before 1986 ?
>>You may say, "Oh yes, we knew about it from Amar Chitra Katha..."
>>(or from Valmiki Ramayana, depending on where we read our
>>Ramayana from). But how many of us knew about the Ayodhya that
>>is burning today ? Not many, I suppose. 
>>
>>Why do we know it so well today ? Who made it possible ?
>>None other than the "great" man who got the doors of the
>>shrine at Ayodhya opened in 1986. For his own political gains. 
>>To him it did not matter if it led our country to hell. All that
>>he wanted was that he and his party should gain. 
>
>	Are you sure about that one? As far as I remember Ayodhya
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>temple was open long time before that. I can personally vouch for
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>that, having visisted in 1980 with my mother. I also remember seeing
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You could be right about the fact that the temple was open to the public 
before 1986.  But no prayers were being offered and no 'puja' was being 
performed there because the "sanctum sanctorum" ("Garbha Gudi") was
closed at that time. What happened in 1986 is that this "sanctum
sanctorum" was got opened, as a result of a court judgement in 
a case filed by a local thug, who was an agent of Rajiv Gandhi.

>
...

>>
>>Of course, most of us know who this "great" man is. He was the 
>>"nation's only hope"(sic). He is "Bharat Ratna" Shri Rajiv Gandhi. 
>>He is also the recipient of the "prestigeous" Indira Gandhi award 
>>for promoting "peace, disarmament and communal harmony"(sic)
>>and probably a few "coveted" Jawaharlal Nehru awards too.
>>
>
>	I am sure there is little to link Rajiv Gandhi with Ayodhya
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>issue, but Ithink you are right that issue first really came up in
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>around 1986. 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^

Well, if anybody wants to write the story of what happened in Ayodhya
in the last 6 years, he cannot even get started without mentioning 
Rajiv Gandhi's involvement in it.

>Boy think about it, I remember in 1986 VHP was a
>non-entity and in just six years it has grown into a position to
>possibly change the course of history.
>

Yes, I myself have seen people treating VHP volunteers with
utter contempt (This was in Bangalore). The picture is totally
different now. It is unbelievable but this is what happens if
we believe in the "leadership qualities" of idiots like
Rajiv Gandhi.

>>Disgusted,
>>
>
>Amazed and disgusted,
>

Hope your amazement has vanished. Can't help it if you continue
to be disgusted, though! I am in the same boat as you!

>>--Sudhi.
>>
>
>Pankaj
>

Regards,

--Sudhi.

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