New Delhi, October 3: The counsel for deity Ram Lalla on Thursday told the Supreme Court that there is “proof beyond doubt” about the existence of a “massive structure” beneath the demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and inference from excavated materials could be drawn that it was a temple.
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was told by senior advocate CS Vaidyanathan, appearing for deity Ram Lalla, that the contention of Muslim parties that a structure beneath the disputed structure was an Idgah wall or an Islamic structure was not correct.
“First, their case was that there was no structure at all; second, they said it was an Islamic structure or an Idgah wall. We say it was a temple which was demolished and the pillar bases found during excavation also suggest to this effect,” Vaidyanathan in his rejoinder arguments said.
He said, “That there was a structure beneath is a proof beyond doubt.”
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for Muslim parties, said as per the Archaeological Survey of India report there is no conclusive proof or findings of destruction of a temple.
Vaidyanathan said it is the case of Hindu parties that inference could be drawn from excavated materials, which included circular shrines, pillar bases, intersecting walls and others, that it was a temple. PTI
