Ram Janmabhoomi belongs only to Lord Rama!

Ram Janmabhoomi belongs only to Lord Rama!

Pravinbhai Togadia

Punjab Kesari

Dated 2-10-10

Hindus have believed for ages that determined faith has tremendous
power! God does take the test of devotion of devotees up to certain
period. Hindus in India and all over the world have clearly passed this
difficult divine test!

It's sad that in this Kaliyug many doubts were raised regarding Lord
Ram and his birthplace Ayodhya that was established many ages ago when
Islam was not even born. Some 450 years ago an aggressor called
Babar constructed a structure on the sacred land of Ayodhya and today
his heirs and their secular friends are striving hard not to construct a
temple on the sacred land - the very birthplace of Shri Rama.

Over four lakh Hindus that include people like Kothari brothers have
sacrificed their lives for the construction of grand temple there. The
conviction of Hindus has borne fruit today. The sacrifice of lakhs of
Hindus has proved useful. The Prayag High Court (some people call it
Allahabad) has granted not only the right of Lord Ram Lalla on the
sacred land but also accepted the sacredness of the land and right of
Hindus over it.

The verdict reads: The very place of the birth is the litigant in this
case. The land is also an idol. The divinity of this land is like fire,
wind and Kedarnath. The land has been personalized in the form of divine
power which has been worshipped as the birth place of Ram Lalla for
years. This divine power can be available at everywhere and at all
times. This divine power can be awakened in any form or shape as per
individual wish or it can be formless or shapeless.

According to the high court the meaning of 'divine' in plain words is:
the place can be god. Hindus have always believed that land is mother,
land is goddess, no matter whether an idol exists at the place or not.
E.g. Holy place of Prayag where the place of worship keeps on changing
as per the confluence, Man Sarovar, other holy places, kundas, many
trees like banyan and peepal, many goddesses like Gomata, sometimes,
even if an idol has not survived at the place but a place worship
continues, like a place where Bindumadhav Mandir at Kashi existed or
many other places like these could be regarded as sacred and divine.
This verdict has returned to lord Ram his own birthplace. Then it is the
responsibility of all Hindus like us and governments to realize the
dream of constructing a grand and beautiful temple at the sight.

The case that continued over 60 years brought forward many witnesses,
dug out columns of old temple and idols which were buried while
converting a Ram temple into Babri Masjid and has given this land to Ram
Lalla. But has the exile of Rama ended today? This could have happened,
had all countrymen of India respected Hindu convictions.

When Shah Bano case was on, the very people who dumped the decision of
the Supreme Court in a cold storage and formed a law just contrary to
it, arguing 'faith is supreme to law', today when justice has gone to
Ram Lalla are shouting that country is run by law and not by faith. That
means when it's a question of Islam then faith is supreme to law but and
when it is matter concerning Hindus then not faith but law is topmost!

In this legal case Ram Lalla has got its own birthplace but still the
verbal abuse continues! If so much injustice is shown towards lord
Rama, the very essence of law, truth, highest form of justice, whose
picture is listed in the book of constitution among the national heroes
of the country, in spite of favourable verdict from the high court then
does Satyameva Jayate have any value in this country?

The writ petition filed by Ismail Faruqi (writ 208/1993) in the Supreme
Court had challenged the possession of the land by the government on Ram
Janmabhoomi (for Ismail on Babri Masjid). That time the bench consisting
of five judges had given a verdict that if it is revealed that a temple
existed under that structure, or some Hindu ruins are discovered there,
then that place will be given to the Hindus and not to Muslims. The
archeological department carried out excavations on the basis and they
discovered ruins of grand temple like columns, idols, kalash and havan
kundas at the site. That time the honourable president of India had also
referred that the land should be handed over to Hindus if Hindu ruins
were discovered there. The government had mentioned in the statements in
the court that time that the land should be given to Hindus if Hindu
ruins were discovered below the structure. After all this when the court
has given the verdict that the place is the birthplace of Shri Ram and
has allowed to construct a temple of Ram, actions like ---abusing faith
of Hindus in media (admiring Muslim faith). The statement by our
honourable home minister "Three months are there, then this verdict is
not operational'' regarding high court verdict as insignificant,
statement by Shahi Imam insulting Lord Ram in media like "It's not a
verdict but a compromise", and media playing the same tune and
boycotting the organizations who fought from the side of Ram Lalla under
the fear from the government---are corrupt and immature. Lord Ram has
obtained his birthplace after years of wait. It is apt that we unitedly
should adorn the birthplace by constructing a grand temple there.
Devotion has a great power! Hindus have realized this in Kaliyug at
least once! It will be realized again and again because after all it is
a matter of devotion towards Lord Ram!

(The writer is renowned Cancer Surgeon and International General
Secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad)