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Ayodhya case: Supreme Court set to settle a 500-year-old land dispute

The violence stirred memories of the bloodshed witnessed after the country was divided in 1947 into India and Pakistan

A devotee prays at Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas kaaryashala in Ayodhya on Friday
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A devotee prays at Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas kaaryashala in Ayodhya on Friday

Bloomberg
To Hindus, it’s the revered birthplace of Ram. To Muslims, it’s the site of a 16th century mosque that was razed in 1992 by Hindu religious  volunteers, or kar sevaks. After a long legal fight — and bloodshed —  the Supreme Court is set to rule on which of the country’s biggest religions owns the site.
 
What’s it about?
 
Ostensibly a plot of land of 2.77 acres in Ayodhya. For more than seven decades, right-wing Hindu campaigners have been pushing to build a temple there for Ram, who they believe was born on the site where the Mughals