Letter to BS: Grand palace should be built in Ayodhya and not a temple

Ayodhya is going to be the venue of a big function on August 5 when the Pri­me Minister will lay the foundation sto­ne of a grand Ram temple at the place where the lord is believed to have taken birth. But will it not be a misinterpreta­tion of what the spot is known for? Ram was bo­rn as a prince and heir apparent to a powerful kingdom in a palace and not in a temple. So, in order to properly comm­emorate Ram, a grand palace should be built and not a temple — one with rooms, say in which Kekayi asked king Dashrath for Ram’s banishment, in which Das­hrath died, in which Ram was crowned and more significantly the ones,