Yet this is not the first time that claims and counter-claims have been made around Rama and the geographical sites that could correspond to places described in the epic Ramayana. His office clarified later that there was no intention to hurt religious sentiment. The timing of his remark is such that he was criticised even in Nepal. The other controversy was started by the Prime Minster of Nepal KP Sharma Oli, who has claimed that “Ayodhya”, the place where Rama was born, is in Nepal’s Birgunj district and not in the northern province of Uttar Pradesh in India. ![]() Perhaps Ayodhya’s archaeological truths will forever remain buried, whether or not they are of Buddhist origin. The Supreme Court has rejected the public interest litigations that sought to excavate and preserve these artefacts. Some Buddhist groups have claimed that the remnants of a Buddha Vihara were found at the site of the mosque as it was being levelled to build the temple. ![]() ![]() ![]() This has immediately sparked two new controversies. On 5 August, the government plans to lay the foundation stone of a temple in the name of the Hindu god Rama at the site where the Babri masjid once stood.
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