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Why is India’s Ram Mandir in Ayodhya contentious?

  • Temple replaces a 16th-century Mughal-era mosque razed by radical Hindu groups in 1992
  • Razed mosque is believed by many Hindus to have been built on the spot where Ram was born
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Condemnation from Pakistan as India’s Modi leads consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya

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