Stones arrive in Ayodhya

AYODHYA, DEC. 12. Stones intended for use in the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) of the controversial Ram temple, which the Vishwa Hindu Parishad proposes to build at the site of the demolished Babri mosque here, were unloaded from trucks today after a ritual puja. The stones, packed in four trucks from Pindwara in Rajasthan on December 6, arrived in `Karsevakpuram' last night.

The State media in-charge of the VHP, Mr. Sharad Sharma, told reporters here that the puja of the stones was conducted by the in-charge of Karsevakpuram, Prakash Awasthi, workshop in-charge Brahamswaroop and Girish Bhai Sonpura and Rambabu Agrawal. Mr. Sharma said the stones to be used in the first floor of the temple would be ready by March 2001.

- UNI

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