A Muslim businessman from the Chennai city has donated Rs 1 lakh towards the construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, as voluntary contribution from devotees in Tamil Nadu for the shrine in Uttar Pradesh has been growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daily wage earners like cobblers and small traders are among those making contributions to help raise the proposed magnificent structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra (SRJTK), set up by the Centre to construct the temple, coming out with donation coupons of Rs 10, 100 and 1,000, a large number of people came forward to donate, said S V Srinivasan, VHP state organising secretary who is involved in raising funds for the temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“All those whom we approached have been generous in donating for the noble cause,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when the members of the Hindu Munnani, accompaniedby the volunteers from the SRJTK approached him, W S Habib gifted a cheque for Rs 1,00,008, taking the fund raisers by surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I want to foster communal amity between Muslims and Hindus.We are all children of god.I donated the sum with this belief,” Habib, a property developer, told PTI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said he was pained to see Muslims being painted as anti-Hindus or anti-India by some sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pointing out that there was nothing wrong in donating for a good cause, Habib remarked, “I wouldn’t have donated to any other temple but the Ram temple is different as decades-old Ayodhya dispute came to an end.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hindu Munnani, which is also involved in the campaign, said road shows are being held in various parts of the state to raise funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“All those whom we approached willingly donated. A gentleman who suddenly emerged from the crowd presented a cheque for Rs 50,000.The response from Ram bhakts is overwhelming,” A T Elangovan, Hindu Munnani’s Chennai president, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to K E Srinivasan, Chennai organiser of Dharma Jagran Manch a wing of RSS not only the affluent in the society but also the poor contributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“At Perambur, for instance, cobblers and other sections came forward to donate Rs 10,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Kodungaiyur when the members solicited funds for the temple construction, shop keepers contributed their mite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An enthusiastic seller of vermilion (kumkum) near a temple, who happened to be a Muslim, gave Rs 200 for the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam has already appealed to the devotees to donate liberally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Janakalyan, a spiritual and cultural service organisation, is utilising its office with several prominent personalities to contribute towards the initiative, its city secretary V Subramanian said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Supreme Court in November 2019 settled the decades-old dispute and paved the way for the construction of a Ram Temple by a Trust at the disputed site at Ayodhya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It had then directed the Centre to allot an alternative 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a new mosque at a “prominent” place in the holy town in UP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on August 5, 2020 laid the foundation stone for the construction of a grand temple at Ayodhya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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