I demolished the mosque for Ram, and for India: Confessions of a kar sevak

Many elderly leaders of the organisation were listed as accused by the CBI, instead of us. The CBI officers failed to even visit many of us after we were released from jail, said Hazaari Lal

Hazaari Lal, a man in his 50s with a strong hand and a cataract in his right eye is still on duty at Karsewakpuram, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) base camp in Ayodhya.  He is now entrusted with showing visitors to Karsewakpuram the biggest replica of the proposed Ram temple at the site, where he, along with others, had climbed the mosque’s dome 25 years ago to bring it down. Almost half-blind, Hazaari Lal also sells Ayurveda products, cow urine, herbal medicines and accessories like spiritual bracelets and other paraphernalia from the same compound that houses the replica. In his