"Reawakening of national pride", says RSS chief on Ram temple consecration

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya along with the entry of Ram Lalla into his birthplace will serve as the starting point for a broader campaign aimed at the reconstruction of BharatvarshIn an article published on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sanghs RSS website Bhagwat urged an end to the prolonged conflict and bitterness surrounding the Ayodhya temple dispute highlighting the Supreme Courts verdict in 2019After years of legal struggle the Supreme Court pronounced a balanced verdict on November 9 2019 after examining the truth and facts and also hearing the arguments of all the parties in the case he saidBhagwat said from a Dharmic point of view Lord Ram is the most worshipped deity of the majority society in the country and is still accepted as an ideal of conduct by the entire societyHence now the conflict that has arisen as for and against over the dispute should be ended The bitterness that has arisen in the meantime should also end The enlightened people of the society must see that the dispute ends completely he saidAyodhya means a city where there is no war a place free from conflict On this occasion in the entire country reconstruction of Ayodhya is the need of the hour and also the duty of all of us Bhagwat saidThe RSS chief said the occasion of construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya marks the reawakening of national prideThis also signifies the acceptance of the vision of life behind the character of Shri Ram by the modern Bharatiya society he addedThe pran pratishtha Ram temple consecration ceremony will be held at the Ram temple on January 22 and will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Bhagawat and more than 7000 people including seersThis world is in a destructive frenzy due to egoism selfishness and discrimination and is bringing infinite calamities upon itself The entry of Shri Ram Lalla in Ram Janmabhoomi and his Pran Pratishtha is the beginning of the campaign for reconstruction of Bharatvarsh which is for the wellbeing of all accepting all without enmity and showing the path of harmony unity progress and peace Bhagwat saidWe are the active followers and implementers of that campaign In the devotional celebration of January 22 along with the reconstruction of the temple all of us have resolved for the reconstruction of Bharat and through it paving the way for reconstruction of the entire world he saidKeeping this guiding light in mind moving forward is the need of the hour he addedThe RSS chief said the history of Bharat is the history of continuous struggle against the invaders for around the last one and a half thousand yearsHe said the aim of early invasions was to plunder and sometimes like Alexanders invasion it was for colonisationBut the attacks from the West in the name of Islam only brought complete destruction and alienation of the society To demoralise the nation society it was necessary to destroy their religious places Hence foreign invaders also destroyed temples in India They did this multiple times he saidTheir aim was to demoralise the Bharatiya society so that they could rule over Bharat unhindered with the weakened society Bhagwat saidThe demolition of Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya was also done with the same intention and for the same purpose This policy of the invaders was not limited to just Ayodhya or any one temple but was a war strategy for the entire world he addedThe RSS chief said the faith commitment and morale of the society in Bharat never diminishedThe society did not bow down their struggle of resistance continued Therefore repeated attempts were made to take control of the birthplace of Lord Ram and build a temple there in Ayodhya There were many wars struggles and sacrifices for him And the issue of Ram Janmabhoomi ingrained in the minds of Hindus he addedTurning the pages of history Bhagwat said that in 1857 when war plans started being made against the British rule Hindus and Muslims together expressed their readiness to fight against them and then there was a mutual exchange of ideas between themAnd at that time a situation evolved where there would be a reconciliation on the issue of banning cow slaughter and liberation of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Bahadur Shah Zafar also guaranteed a ban on cow slaughter he saidAs a result the entire society fought together Bharatiya people showed bravery in that war but unfortunately this war of Independence failed Then Bharat did not get independence British rule remained uninterrupted but the struggle for Ram temple did not stop he added With inputs from PTI