Bihar Polls: The temple will come with a swamp infrastructure project, Chirag Paswan said.
Patna:
Lord Ram is “incomplete without Goddess Sita” and a temple for her will be built in Bihar’s Sitamarhi, said Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janashakti Party today in what was seen as a build on the BJP’s successful campaign for a Ram Temple in Ayodhya. . Sitamarhi, believed to be Sita’s birthplace, is a huge draw for pilgrims to the state.
The temple will come with a swamp infrastructure project. “Lord Ram is incomplete without Goddess Sita and vice versa. Therefore, a corridor will also be built connecting the Ram Temple of Ayodhya and Sitamarhi,” Paswan said, adding that the promise is part of his election manifesto.
In April, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that his government will build a promenade around the ancient temple of Sita in Purana Dham on the initiative of BJP MP Prabhat Jha.
The temple movement took center stage among the issues advocated by the BJP with Advani’s rath yatras in the 1990s.
On December 6, 1992, Kar Sevaks razed a 16th-century mosque, believed to have been built by the Mughal Emperor Babar, who stood on the site, claiming it was built after tearing down a temple that marked the place where he was born. Lord Ram. . More than 2,000 people died in the violence that followed.
Last year, after various mediation efforts failed, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark verdict on a politically sensitive issue dating back a century. The temple begging ceremony began in August with the dedication ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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