A man, with his face covered, instructs Kar sevaks during the rehearsal
After the demolition, Advani being welcomed back in Delhi by wife Kamla Advani and Narendra Modi
Amid a rehearsal, a day before the actual demolition, an Uttar Pradesh policeman joins Kar sevaks in shouting slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’, which came to be associated with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement
At the Ram Katha Kunj, Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal (standing) and Uma Bharti (standing behind to his right) meet Rajnath Singh (sitting nearest the camera)
People gather
On 6 December 1992, a large group of Hindu activists belonging to the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organizations demolished the mosque, triggering riots all over India, killing around 2,000 people, many of them Muslim
On 6 December 1992, a large group of Hindu activists belonging to the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organizations demolished the mosque, triggering riots all over India, killing around 2,000 people, many of them Muslim.
The killers of secularism
The inscriptions on the Babri Masjid premises found in the 20th-century state that the mosque was built in 935 Hj (1528–29 CE) by Mir Baqi in accordance with the wishes of Babur.
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Babri Masjid
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BOMBAY, INDIA: A young Muslim girl holds a black balloon with the message " Babri Masjid Zindabad " ( Babri Mosque live forever) in her hands during a march along Mohammed Ali Street in Bombay,06 December 2003, to mark the 11th anniversary of the demolition of the 16th century Babri Masjid in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya in 1992. Muslims and others across India gathered to demand that those responsible for the 1992 destruction of the mosque in Ayodhya be brought to justice and that the mosque be reconstructed on its original site. AFP PHOTO/Sebastian D'SOUZA (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN D'SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA: Two Indian Muslim men adjust a black flag on the top of a mosque in Ayodhya, 06 December 2003, on the 11th anniversary of the demolition by Hindu radicals of the Babri Mosque in the northern Indian town. Muslims across India gathered in protests to demand that those responsible for the 1992 destruction of the16th-century Babri Mosque in Ayodhya be brought to justice and that the mosque be reconstructed on its original site. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP via Getty Images)
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN: Moslem protesters shout anti-indian slogans after setting a Hindu temple on fire and demolishing part of the stone work 07 December 1992. At least 11 temples were attacked across the country in retaliation for the destruction of the 400-year-old Babri mosque in Ayodhya, India late 06 December by Hindu extremists. (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
BOMBAY, INDIA: Indian Muslim children join their elders in 'Azaan' ,a call for prayers on the 12th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition in Bombay, 06 December 2004. The Babri Masjid was demolished by Hindu zealots in the northern town of Ayodhya, 6th December 1992, after which riots broke out between Muslims and Hindus in which some 2000 people were killed in Bombay, India's commercial and entertainment capital. The Azaan was organised by Muslim activists of the Raza Academy who demanded that the Babri Masjid be rebuilt on its original site. AFP PHOTO/Sebastian D'SOUZA. (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN D'SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
BOMBAY, INDIA: Indian Muslim children join their elders in 'Azaan' , a call for prayers on the 12th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition in Bombay, 06 December 2004. The Babri Masjid was demolished by Hindu zealots in the northern town of Ayodhya, 6th December 1992, after which riots broke out between Muslims and Hindus in which some 2000 people were killed in Bombay, India's commercial and entertainment capital. The Azaan was organized by Muslim activists of the Raza Academy who demanded that the Babri Masjid be rebuilt on its original site. AFP PHOTO/Sebastian D'SOUZA. (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN D'SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
In this file photograph taken on December 6, 1992 Hindu youths clamour atop the 16th century Muslim Babri Mosque five hours before the structure was completely demolished by hundreds supporting Hindu fundamentalist activists. Hindu nationalists believe that Babur's commander-in-chief Mir Baki destroyed an existing temple at the site, which Hindus believe was the temple built to commemorate the birthplace of Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and ruler of Ayodhya. After 48 extensions and 399 hearings involving over 100 witnesses spread over nearly 17 years, Justice M S Liberhan on June 30, 2009 submitted his report on the demolition of Babri Masjid to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. AFP PHOTO/DOUGLAS E CURRAN/FILES (Photo credit should read DOUGLAS E. CURRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
In this file photograph taken on December 6, 1992 Hindu fundamentalists attack the wall of the 16th century Babri Masjid Mosque with iron rods at a disputed holy site in the city of Ayodhya. Hindu nationalists believe that Babur's commander-in-chief Mir Baki destroyed an existing temple at the site, which Hindus believe was the temple built to commemorate the birthplace of Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and ruler of Ayodhya. After 48 extensions and 399 hearings involving over 100 witnesses spread over nearly 17 years, Justice M S Liberhan on June 30, 2009 submitted his report on the demolition of Babri Masjid to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. AFP PHOTO/DOUGLAS E CURRAN/FILES (Photo credit should read DOUGLAS E. CURRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
In this file photograph taken on October 30, 1990 riot police charge revivalist Hindus after hundreds of them stormed the 16th century mosque located at a holy site also claimed by Hindus in Ayodhya. An inquiry into the demolition of a mosque that led to bloody Hindu-Muslim riots in India will accuse senior Hindu nationalist politicians of orchestrating the destruction, a report said November 23, 2009. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party stalled business in parliament over claims in the Indian Express newspaper that an official probe into the razing of the 16th-century Babri Mosque in 1992 "indicted" the party's leaders. AFP PHOTO/STR/FILES (Photo credit should read FILES/AFP via Getty Images)
Muslim activists and supporters of Ali Sena organisation shout slogans during a protest to mark the demolition of the 16th century Babri Mosque, in Ayodhya on the 19th anniversary in New Delhi on December 5,2011. The Babri mosque in the state of Uttar Pradesh was demolished by Hindu fundamentalists in 1992, claiming it was built on the site of the birth place of the Hindu God, Lord Rama. AFP PHOTO /SAJJAD HUSSAIN (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Babri Mosque (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images)
MUMBAI, INDIA - DECEMBER 6: Children holding poster during the protest march to mark the 24th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid at Minara Masjid, on December 6, 2016 in Mumbai, India. Built in 1528, the mosque was constructed in Uttar Pradeshs Faizabad district by Mir Baqi on the orders of the Mughar emperor Babur. Hindu groups claim that in order to build the mosque, a structure marking the birthplace of Lord Rama was destroyed. (Photo by Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 22, 1988: Protest by Muslim community outside resident of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi against the shilanyas at Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. (Photo by SN Sinha/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - DECEMBER 15, 1989: Pilgrims take a Parikarma of displayed Babri Masjid and Ram Janm bhoomi through Barbed Fencing at Ayodhya (Photo by Sanjay Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - NOVEMBER 2, 1990: At least 18 karsevaks were killed and 43 injured this morning when paramilitary personnel opened fire in an attempt to push back over 10,000 kar sevaks who tried to storm the Hanumangarhi area leading to the Ram Janmaboomi complex. (Photo by Sanjay Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - DECEMBER 6, 1992: Karsevaks atop the Babri masjid shortly before it was demolished on December 6, 1992 at Ayodhya (Photo by Sanjay Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - DECEMBER 8, 1992: CRPF takes into control makeshift temple made of cloth-and-bamboo enclosure that houses idol of Ram Lala Virajman erected at place of demolished Babri Mosque at Ayodhya (Photo by Sanjay Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - DECEMBER 8, 1992: CRPF takes into control makeshift temple made of cloth-and-bamboo enclosure that houses idol of Ram Lala Virajman erected at place of demolished Babri Mosque at Ayodhya (Photo by Sanjay Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - DECEMBER 8, 1992: CRPF takes into control makeshift temple made of cloth-and-bamboo enclosure that houses idol of Ram Lala Virajman erected at place of demolished Babri Mosque at Ayodhya (Photo by Sanjay Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - DECEMBER 10, 1992: BJP MP Sadhvi Uma Bharti at Ayodhya. (Photo by Sanjay Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - OCTOBER 31, 1991: Fact finding committee at the temple (Photo by Sanjay Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AYODHYA, INDIA - 12 November 1989 - Barricades being put up around Ram Temple and Babri Masjid Complex.
AYODHYA, INDIA - MAY 7, 1987: Rear view of the structure which is at the centre of the Babri Masjid Rama Janma Bhoomi controversy in Ayodhya which will assume a new dimension with the proposed Shilanyas by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. (Photo by Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Archival photograph Sandeep Shankar
Hindu activists climb the dome of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Archival photograph Sandeep Shankar
Human bones were found on the land that was being leveled and prepared in July 1992. The land was registered as a Muslim graveyard in revenue records
Purple Gathering
In July 1992, the foundation stone-laying ceremony (shilanyas) had taken place at the 2.77-acre plot of land acquired by Kalyan Singh’s BJP government in UP
Kar sevaks demolishing the Babri Masjid
Kar sevaks had gathered for a foundation stone-laying ceremony of the proposed main gate ‘Singhdwar’ at disputed site where the Babri Masjid stood
Kar sevaks queue up with hammers and pickaxes on 5 December 1992
As BJP gained momentum with Ram Janam Bhoomi
Karsevaks resting on partially carved stone pillars for a Ram Mandir near the disputed site in Ayodhya, December 1992. Archival photograph Sandeep Shankar
Muslim Demonstratorson at India Gate
On 5 December, a kar sevak writes ‘Rakt denge, pran denge’ (we will give blood, we will give our lives) on a wall, a day before the demolition of the Babri Masjid
On 6 December, kar sevaks bring sand and water from the Sarayu River, for the symbolic kar seva allowed by the Supreme Court
The morning of the demolition, BJP leader L.K. Advani meets leaders of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement
The night before the demolition of the Babri Masjid
VHP president Ashok Singhal coming out of a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 4, 1996. Two days later, the Babri Masjid was demolished. Archival photograph Sondeep Shankar
When the Babri Masjid was being demolished, many BJP leaders were at the site. Pictured here from left Murli Manohar Joshi, then-president of the BJP, L.K. Advani and Vijayaraje Scindia
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