Ram Mandir case, India’s second longest-running case, which has been going on for the past 500 years, you know, this case was solved in just 40 days on the basis of some evidences. After all, what were the evidences? The evidences that were presented in court in just 40 days, this historical and controversial case was solved forever. And that too, the Supreme Court, on the exact date of 14th October 2019, said in its first hearing, that we will finally conclude this case on this day.
Well, the reasons behind this are quite interesting. It was possible only because of two strong evidences. And in fact, in these evidences, there are also such evidences in which even the Mughals and
Britishers have openly accepted that yes, there was historically Ram Mandir there. So finally, because of these evidences, Ram Mandir was solved.
But the opposition and many media reports also believe that this is a total waste of the country’s money. In fact, Bihar’s Deputy CM Tejasvi Yadav ji said that the temple was a waste of money. When you are hungry, when you are sick, where will a person go? In the temple. On the contrary, you have to donate to the temple. If you are hungry, you have to go to the temple. You have to donate there.
Basically, he says that the government has wasted money in making the temple. But do you know, the interesting fact is that the government has not spent even a single rupee in making this temple. Now, if you say, then it must have been made with the money of donation. No, even the donation hasn’t spent a single rupee here. So how did Ram Mandir get made? Well, the Ram Mandir Trust has used a simple but very effective strategy
What are the proofs of Ayodhya Verdict which Supreme Court considered?
The Supreme Court said that in the next 40 days, The Supreme Court will give the final verdict of the case that has been going on for 500 years. Now, what were the proofs that made this case end in just 40 days. Well, these proofs were apparently so strong that the judges had to give their judgment in the favor of the Ram Mandir. Now, to understand these proofs properly, a complete deep analysis of the Ayodhya verdict of the Supreme Court’s 1045 pages.
The major role of the ASI’s evidence was to produce. So, the ASI presented a total of 533 evidences to the Supreme Court. Now, it is not possible to explain every piece of evidence here. But, what were the main evidences that made the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya today? To understand this, let’s go through the main evidences of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. We will divide all these evidences into two categories. First category is Excavation. And the second category is Literary Sources.
Now, let's talk about Excavation firstThe Supreme Court has considered these five major proofs as prominent for the Ayodhya verdict.
- 1. Vishnu Hari Inscription.
This is the Vishnu Hari Inscription Stone which the ASI found at the bottom of Babri Masjid. This inscription stone had a total of 20 lines of Hindu verses written in it. When the ASI read, it was clearly mentioned in the 19th line of this inscription that this is the temple of the king who killed the demon with ten heads. Now, there is no need to explain this to anyone. Who was that demon with ten heads? And who was the king who killed him? And that is why the Supreme Court has considered this proof as prominent.
- 2. Hindu Bell in a Mosque.
This bell was tied to the pillar of the mosque. This was shocking for the Supreme Court. When the ASI told the judges that there is no concept of a bell used in the religion of Islam. Whereas in Hinduism, the bell is very important. And you will see this in most of the temples. So, this proof also had to be considered by the Supreme Court.
- 3. Pillars with Kalash Sculpture.
Now, the next proof is a Kalash that looks something like this which was made in the pillars of Babri. And in total, there were 12 such pillars in the entire mosque. Where the designs of Hindu deities and their related sculptures were found. Whose direct link was from the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple from the 11th to 12th century.
- 4. The Mosque dome had a lotus.
Not just the pillar. In the centre of the main dome of Babri Mosque, there was a lotus that looked something like this. Lotus is associated with spiritual enlightenment in Hinduism. Even Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Vishnu resides on the lotus.
- 5. The main gate of Babri Mosque on which clearly, the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple was written.
So, all these were archaeological evidences in front of the Supreme Court which were found by the ASI after excavation or demolition.
Now let’s talk about literary sources. Whose proofs were mostly taken from non-Hindu sources. In fact, the Supreme Court itself considered the scriptures of the Mughals and the Britishers.
- 1. Guru Nanak Ji’s biography, Janam Sakhi.
In this, Guru Nanak Ji tells his disciple Mardana that when he came to Ayodhya in the year 1500, he bathed in the river Sarayu of Ayodhya and visited the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple.
- 2. Tulsi Das Ji’s book, Tulsi Doha Satak.
Tulsi Das Ji tells in this that in the summer of 1528. Some foreign invaders came from outside, broke the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple of Ayodhya and built a mosque there. And during this time, the invaders killed many Hindus there which again proved that there was a temple there.
- 3. Foreign travelogue.
In the court, only Indian literary proofs were not considered. The Supreme Court recorded the travelogues of foreign travellers like William Finch and Tiffin Thaler. That is, just like today, people record travel vlogs while travelling. Similarly, the previous travellers recorded travelogues.
During their travels, they wrote down their observations in a book. One of these travellers was British traveller William Finch. He wrote his book, Early Travels in India, 1583-1619. And when he went to visit Ayodhya in 1608, he mentioned that he went to a place called Ramkot. And then he saw that there was a castle called Ramchandra’s castle. Some of its remains are still left. William Finch also mentions that, even today, some Brahmins do pilgrimage there.
And the same type of mention was made by an Austrian traveller, Tiffin Thaler, in his travelogue. That the Mughals had destroyed the temple situated on the river bank of the Saryu river where still, Hindu worship is done.
- 4. British government official document.
During the British rule, ASI’s first director general, Alexander Cunningham, has said in the official document of the Awadh province, that in Ayodhya, at the birthplace, there used to be a huge temple. Using its columns, a Babri Mosque was built.
In the year 1886, a case was filed against the judge of Faizabad district, Colonel J.E.A. Shamier, in which Mahant Raghuveer Das Ji, requested him to build a temple at the place where they were already worshipping. At this request, Judge Shamier personally went there and investigated. On the investigation, he has also written that, unfortunately, the mosque was built at a sacred place of Hindus.
- 5. The letter written by the granddaughter of Mughal King Aurangzeb.
In the year 1707, Aurangzeb’s granddaughter ordered the Muslim kings to aggressively apply religious tax on Hindus and to stop their idol worship. In a way, the Mughal kings had destroyed three major temples, such as Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, Kashi’s Vishwanath Temple, and Mathura’s Krishna Temple. According to this letter, the Supreme Court had broken the book of the Islamic writer of the Mughal era, Naseer Bahadur, in Sahifa-e-Chahal. In this way, the Supreme Court was given a total of 533 evidences and proofs.
Considering this, at the end, the Supreme Court decided to build a temple there. Even at present, while building the temple, when it was being excavated for the foundation, many archaeological sculptures were found which are related to Hinduism. Now, the government is going to keep them in the museum in Ayodhya.
Now, this 500 year old case was closed, a new controversy has come. The Ram Temple which is being built at present, is being told by the opposition of the ruling party, waste of money. If you are hungry, you will go to the temple. But there is an interesting point here, which they are missing, that the money to build this temple has neither come from the people, nor from the government. So now the question arises, then with whose money was this temple built? Well, according to a report published in Prominent Hindi News Outlet, Amar Ujjala, the total estimated cost of building the Ram Temple was 900 crores earlier. But through the people, more than 3600 crores of donation came. Because of this, Shriram Janmabhoomi Trust has invested its money very smartly in three banks, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda for investment. And then the interest from the money kept in these banks, this whole temple is made with that interest. And because of this, neither the money of the government has been used here, nor the money of the donation.
But today, all the opposition leaders are telling this as a waste of money. Actually, this temple is going to bring a lot of money to the country’s economy. And it has started to come. Because of the Ram Temple, 5-star hotels like Taj, Radisson, ITC are opening in Ayodhya. The Confederation of All Indian Traders estimates that because of the Ram Temple, a business of 1 lakh crores will be generated in Ayodhya.
An ecosystem will be created. Even in India Today, according to a recently published report, in Ayodhya, 20,000 people have already got a job in the hospitality industry before the Pranpratishthan of the Ram Temple. In fact, while doing some research in this matter, on the day of 22nd January, the rate of one night stay in any hotel in Ayodhya is not less than 20,000 rupees.
Today, because of this temple, in Ayodhya, airports, highways, and many mega projects have also been made, due to which the overall development of that region is happening.