Construction of Ram temple begins at Hardwar

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Construction of Ram temple begins at Hardwar

Hardwar | November 18, 2005 7:42:41 PM IST

 

 

Swami Vishweswara Teertha of Udupi Pejawar Mutt today laid the

foundation stone of a Ram temple in this pilgrim town after Bhoomi

Poojan and other rituals amid chanting of Vedic hymns.

A large number of sants, mahants and mahamandleshwars of both the

Vaishnav and Shaiva akharas and ashrams from Hardwar and other parts

of the country participated in the ceremony.

 

The initiative to construct the temple costing about Rs 100 crore

has been jointly undertaken by Jagatguru Ramanadacharya Smarak Seva

Nyas and Shree Muth of Kashi. Ramananda sect chief Swami

Ramnareshacharya told the UNI that the temple would be completed by

2010 and inaugurated during the Mahakumbh to be held that year.

 

Some prominent state Congress leaders and the junior Shahi Imam of

Jama Masjid in Delhi, Yahya Bukhari were also present on the

occasion.

 

VHP leader Praveen Togadia, during his recent visit here to attend a

Bajrang Dal meeting had welcomed the initiative to build the Ram

temple here. He, however, said that the construction of the temple

at Ram Janma Bhoomi in Ayodhya was a different issue and a similar

shrine at Hardwar was not going to affect the temple movement at

Ayodhya.

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