AYODHYA: The foundation of the Ayodhya mosque complex will be laid on January 26 next year — the 71st Republic Day — at Dhannipur village, 20km off the existing Ram Janmabhoomi complex. The mosque is coming up over five acre land given to the UP Sunni Waqf Board as per the directives of the Supreme Court in its November 2019 judgment.
The foundation would be laid exactly six months after the Sunni waqf board set up a trust — Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation -- for the construction. “The Trust chose January 26, 2021, for laying the foundation of the Ayodhya mosque as on this day our Constitution came into effect more than seven decades ago. Our Constitution is based on pluralism, which is the leitmotif of our mosque project,” said Athar Hussain, secretary of Indo- Islamic Cultural Foundation.