When India became Independent and Indian Constitution came into being, the presence of religion in social space was very much there, and so the controversy
Today we do face the attack on the ‘Soul of India’ as it emerged during the freedom movement, in contrast the ‘Soul of India’ as being presented by the present ruling dispensation s efforts to create a spectacle around the temple!
ayodhya was a magnetic point of the civilisation of india spanning countless lakhs of years, of which lord ram was an icon. the point to underline here is not just about lord ram and ayodhya, but about the maturity indic civilisation attained over countless lakhs of years. and, it must be asserted that this is not an attempt of a retrograde revivalism, but a recall of the great history from which to draw our sustenance in modern times and create a model for thought and action suitable to modern times.