PS: I WROTE THIS IN MAY 2009 BUT MISSED TO PUBLISH
Since my childhood I have been taught by elders that Bhagwan (God) is there in every particle of the earth. Gradually I started knowing the importance of worship places like Mandir etc and eventually I realized the power of pilgrimage in our country. Now, the question is who is Ram why there is so much debate for this when we have so many temples in each and every city, villages many of them focus specially for Lord Ram.
So, is it all for the politics or a common Indian really wants a Ram Mandir should be there on his own birth place?. Well, as common NORTH Indian I emphasized on north because. What ever has been said by Mr.Karunanidhi for Sri Ram there at down south would surely not be accepted in North India. So, one thing is sure that Ram is not here only for votes because Karnuanidhi has thousands of followers there even after this statement. (That Lord Ram was not a civil engg. Student.who can built Ram Sethu).
Now, lets focus on Ram Mandir and what are the obstacles here. When we compare Lord Ram with Babar although this would not be so correct to compare still we have stick on some formula in order to get the win-win situation for both the communities. As far as Sri Ram is concerned North Indian 100% believes on philosophy of Ramcharitra manas. (Ramanaya) Being an ancient spiritual literature we can say birth place of Sri Ram is Ayodhya. This has been proved by our modern history that so many hindu temples were destroyed by muslim invaders one example can be found at Mathura also (Lord Sri Krishna janambhumi).
Well, I don’t have any issue with those invaders now. That was a past I have concerned with my muslims brothers and sister which is present. Why they are not coming by their own to offer hindus to build a marvelous architecture for Lord Ram. Ram in India is not only for hindus. Just go and visit any village you can find people greeting each other by saying ram-ram. Which includes muslims too. We carry this Ram word till the end of our lives. During our last journey peoples says ram naam staya hai (Ram is the single truth)
Every time our leaders stress so much on minorities rights their issues and problems. Many of them addressed too. What about the issues and concerns of majority. Hindus in India constitute around 82% of population.
Can’t we simply follow our heart and take this call to built a Temple which shows our unity, harmony.
Dhiraj Srivastava
