VHP plans 'yajna' at Ayodhya

By Our Staff Correspondent

UDUPI, JULY 1. Mr. Baburao Desai, Secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), said today that a ``Mahapoornahuti Yajna'' would be held at Ayodhya from January next.

He told presspersons here that 13 crores ``Rama mantra'' would be chanted in 10,000 towns or ``siddhakshetras'' in the country from September 17. Nearly 2,000 persons would participate in chanting the mantra in every ``siddhakshetra''. At the end of chanting, ``purnahuti yajnas'' would be held at important temple centres. The ``Ramanama yatras'' and ``satsangs'' would be held for 65 days.

The Mahapurnahuti Yajna would be held at Ayodhya after the ``Avrata snana'' in the Sarayu. Every province would participate in turns at the Mahapurnahuti Yajna. About 20,000 devotees would visit Ayodhya every day during this period. About 22 lakh volunteers would be recruited for the Bajrang Dal. About one lakh volunteers would be enrolled in Karnataka. A padayatra of saints and swamis would start from Ayodhya on January 21 and culminate in New Delhi on January 27.

He said the Centre should clear the obstacles for the construction of the Ram temple before Mahashivaratri next year. Saints would decide the date for the construction of the temple around Mahashivaratri. The courts could decide only about the land for the Ram Temple, they could not decide about the birthplace of Ram. There was no connection between the BJP and the VHP. If the Union Government was embarrassed by the VHP's programme, the VHP could not help it.

A ``jalabhisheka'' would be performed in Shiva temples of the country to mark the 50th anniversary of construction of the Somanath Temple, he added.

Mr. Venkataramana Bhat and Mr. Vasanth Bhat, office- bearers of VHP, were present.

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