
Indian Town Anxiously Awaits Landmark Babri Mosque Verdict
Ayodhya, India –Β Ayodhya and its twin city Faizabad in the northernΒ IndianΒ state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are in a state of heightened anxiety as the country’s top court is expected to deliver its verdict in the seven decades old legal dispute over a spot of land that Muslims and Hindus both claim as theirs.
The Supreme Court, which concluded its hearings in the case last month, will decide by mid-November whether a Hindu temple should be built in place of the medieval era Babri mosque, which was demolished by Hindu mobs in 1992.
Hindu groups claim the site