Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 13: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) would be holding a mega public meeting led by religious leaders and ascetics at the Central Maidan here on Sunday November 25 with the aim of bringing rightful pressure on the union government to clear the bottlenecks in the way of construction of the temple for Sri Ram by passing a suitable law.
In a press statement, VHP said that the movement aimed at pooling popular opinion for the construction of a grand temple for Lord Ram at His birthplace has been successfully continuing under the guidance of religious leaders and Swamijis since the last several years. "A meeting of the committee of reverred religious leaders and saints which was held at New Delhi on October 5 this year, observing that Hindus have been fighting for Ram Mandir at Ayuodhya since the year 1528, crores of devotees of Lord Ram took part in the movement, and have been eagerly awaiting the construction of this temple, took a decision to pressurize the union government through the people to build the said temple.
The committee has noted that dispute over Ram Janmabhoomi dispute is pending hearing in the Supreme Court and final verdict is getting delayed. Therefore, in order to remove all the hurdles in the way of construction of the temple at Ayodhya, which is revered and worshipped by crores of Hindus, the central government should move a bill in the parliament," it urged. VHP added that the above committee has decided that meetings should be held in every Lok Sabha constituency in the country in this manner to build pressure on the central government to act on this demand.
The said meeting will be held at 4 pm at the Central Maidan here. Earlier, a huge procession will be taken from Ambedkar Circle, Jyothi here at 3 pm to the venue of the meeting. Thousands of devotees of Lord Ram will be taking part in the meeting from various parts of the district," it stated.
VHP said that religious heads, leaders, people connected with management of different Daivasthanas, temples, Bhajana Mandirs, people's representatives and devotees of Ram will urge the central government through the Lok Sabha member here to table the bill for the construction of Sri Ram temple in the next parliament session. It has requested the patriotic people from the district to participate in the meeting in large numbers to rightfully demand construction of Ram Mandir without delay.
Similar programmes will also be held in Udupi, Kodagu and Kasargod districts, which fall under Mangaluru division. The meeting at Udupi will be held on December 2, November 30 at Kodagu, and November 18 at Kasargod, the VHP press statement stated.