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Sunday, 9 December 2018

India: thousands of Hindus demand building of temple on disputed Ayodhya site

Modi government exhorted to build it where 16th-century mosque was torn down by Hindu mob in 1992

Dozens of Hindu monks and tens of thousands of followers have urged the Indian government to help build a temple on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque.

Causing a frenzy in a crowd of more than 200,000 people, Hindu seers made a series of fiery speeches laced with religious overtones on Sunday to demand action paving the way for a temple in the northern town of Ayodhya.

Related: Ayodhya verdict: Muslims and Hindus ordered to share religious site

Related: Ayodhya: a history of violence

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