Bengaluru, Aug 4: Police barricades, yellow banners, walls with a fresh coat of paint and the sounds of bhajan mark parts of Ayodhya as the city awaits its big day Wednesday, when the first brick will be laid for the Ram temple.
Ayodhya is decked up for the bhoomi pujan that will be attended at the Ram Janmabhoomi by 175 people, who figure in a select guest list of seers and politicians topped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Concerned over the spread of coronavirus, the authorities are encouraging others not to come to the temple town, asking them to mark the occasion by celebrating at their homes. The groundbreaking ceremony will be telecast live.
Roads leading to Ayodhya display hoardings with the picture of the proposed Ram temple and of Ram Lalla, the infant Ram, the deity now housed in a makeshift temple.
Around the town’s Hanumangarhi area – named after a well-known temple which Modi will visit on Wednesday – both police sirens and ‘bhajans’ in praise of Ram are heard.
Most of the shops in the locality wear a new look, with their fronts painted in bright yellow. A large number of policemen were deployed there on Tuesday. Some sat in the sweet shops, waiting for their next instructions.
Roads leading into the area are barricaded. Yards of yellow cloth and marigold garlands were being hung on poles.
Even on the day before the event, security checks on vehicles heading to Ayodhya begin from adjoining Barabanki district itself on the Lucknow-Ayodhya road. Policemen take down details, including mobile numbers of the travellers.
Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar said the focus of the force is on maintaining the Covid-19 protocol.
“So we are not going to allow any outsider to enter Ayodhya city,” he said. Prohibitory orders are also in force and not more than four people will be allowed to gather.
“The markets and shops will remain open but with strict adherence to the Covid protocol,” he said. Outsiders will be stopped from entering the city, but Ayodhya residents will be allowed in if they produce any identification document.
“We are also carrying out random checks on people living in Ayodhya to ensure that no outsiders are staying here,” he said.
The city’s temples and mosques will remain open, but no other religious event – except for the bhoomi pujan – will take place on Wednesday.
Pickets have been set up at sensitive points in the city.
Sub-inspector Ram Chandra Yadav and constables Avnish Kumar and Ankit Chaudhary man the Terhi Bazar Chauraha picket near the Ram Janmabhoomi site.
"We are here for the past some days, and were on duty on the Rakshabandhan day. Duty comes first and only after that come other things in life, like festivals," Yadav said.
Mayank Gupta, who runs a restaurant, was handing out food packets to policemen, his customers.
"For the last two months, I have been providing tiffin to them twice a day. There are around 100 policemen to whom I supply tiffin," Gupta said.
Shyamprasad Shastry(48), a resident of Badekkila of Kedila Village near Mani, and an office bearer of Vivekananda Vidyavardka Sangha, Puttur, had allegedly committed suicide by shooting self with a gun in August 2014.
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Do anybody have the guts to touch this chaddi? Hope atleast this time.
Put him behind the bars. Law is equal to all.
No one can touch bhat, even congRSS goverment cannot touch him because all are wearing his chaddi.
Not god call father or baap, shame on you yaar study history of that rowdy bhat, do you know he is barking about cow but he is selling cow from your mother land sulliya asram,
Arrest this insect of mangalore Before he spread the virus
he will get punishment for his mistake,. but why people are so much interested in his life,
Prabhakar Bhat is Like Poojary, No hold for tongue. creating non sense in the society
kalladka bhat dont have any work to go behind this rape case?
Manohar! This is the problem with you guys.. If he says one word against Minorities then he is god for you.. grow up buddy! Before making him god try to understand what type of god he is? Good or bad!
No guts to congress arrest bhat, its 100% sure.. this congress only cheating minoties name of bhat and RSS. they are also blindly supporting Congress.. Above 70% of congress leaders touched with RSS. then how they are arrest
This person actually divides the community with his poisonous speech causing hatred among people.
It is individuals choice how he/she wants to live.
How can he impose Hindutwa on others who has his own principles.
There is a limit for toleration and patience, one day when the limit exceeds, then automatically faces the consequence.
If the law can not protect, then it needs to protect the law and do the justice to all.
Manohar ,
There are many faces who are sheep in front & Fox from behind.. Which u guys are unable to recognize... Go and ask with the Victim. If u personally did not met them. then Dont judge and give certificate of Honesty... A honest person will never give hate speeches..
Now behind Harish Murder ???? who sponsored ??? who is giving bike , car, money and legal protection to Bhajrang dal Boys???
If brain map Mr. Bhat ..... all these stories will come out.
He is the paid goonda from RSS. Its the closing time of bhatta.
Manohar, Bhatta is a stray animal......
will congi govt show guts to teach him lesson? i dont think so bcz most congi leaders are in touch with him
Guilty Must be Punished.
Such dual personality person cant fool people for long
Bhat bajrangi clean bowled....jail term not less then 10 years.....all the best....
The Great RSS!!!!
sabko pap yek din bugathna hoga.
Put him in jail forever, he s one and only person who creates communal dispute in the society.
THU THO GAYA BHAT ISS BAAR...
Must be a trap by congress, Kalladka Bhat is a prominent personality. goons are trying to defame some innocents
Great Personality of Tulu Nadu, This s the Fake news, he s like god to us, he cant make this .
Bhat is a murderer, This type of goons must be sent to pakistan.
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