The imagery and sculptures within the Babri Masjid showed it was not a mosque as such things were not usually seen in mosques, counsel for Ram Lalla today told the Supreme Court, asserting that merely because Muslims prayed there didn\u2019t give them ownership over the disputed site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vaidyanathan, who had on Wednesday claimed exclusive right over the disputed 2.77 acre land, referred to the report of a court commissioner appointed to inspect the site in 1950 and the findings of the Archeological Survey of India .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere existed a massive pillar-based structure dating back to the second century BC and the ASI survey was conclusive about there being a \u2018mandap\u2019 at the site with pillars,\u201d he said, citing the ASI report that analysed the excavated materials from the disputed site. He said but there was no such material to show that it was a temple of only Lord Ram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut the pictures of the deities, including those of Lord Shiva, sculptures on the pillars of \u201cGaruda\u201d flanked by lions and the images of lotus amply indicate that it was a temple. These things are not found in mosques,\u201d Vaidyanathan told the Bench, which is hearing cross appeals against the September 30, 2010, order of the Allahabad High Court dividing the disputed land equally among the deity, Normohi Akhara and Sunni Wakf Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On seventh day of the hearing, senior counsel CS Vaidyanathan, representing Ram Lalla, told a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that a \u201cmassive\u201d temple of Lord Ram dating back to the second century BC existed at the disputed site in Ayodhya before the Babri mosque was built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKeeping in mind the faith of Hindus and preponderance of probability, it would indicate that this was a temple of Lord Ram,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cAlong with the massive old structure, other materials found during excavation suggested that it was a temple.\u201dThe Bench, which also included Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer, will resume hearing on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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