Call to Action!
Several Hindu temples have been attacked across USA and Canada. The kind of biased reporting and propaganda we see in the context of ‘Ayodhya Ram Mandir Prana Pratishtha’, creates an environment of hate, and distrust resulting in physical harm to the Hindu American society. Read and Sign the Petition / Coalition Letter along with other Organizations, Temples, Associations in your city, region. Help resist the rise in Hinduphobia!
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Hindu Americans denounce biased media coverage
Hindus Americans are deeply concerned with the unfair reporting in the western media portraying the Prana Pratishtha (consecration) ceremony at Ayodhya on Jan 22nd 2024. These reports ignore basic facts such as peaceful struggle by Hindus for over 500 years, unanimous verdict by Supreme Court handing over the disputed land etc.
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As well meaning members of American society we are dismayed that the US and international media (Bloomberg News, TIME, US NEWs, NBC, NPR to name a few) have completely ignored the facts. It is appalling that they did not include even a single authentic Hindu voice in any of the media coverages on the grand inauguration.
Here are the indisputable facts about the case:
- There was a large Hindu temple at the site prior to 1528.
- Mir Baqi, the commander of invader Babur, destroyed the temple at the site.
- Over 496+ years Hindus have fought more than 76 battles to reclaim the temple.
- Court cases have been pursued by Hindus since the British era.
- In a court ordered and monitored investigation, archeologists of Govt of India have discovered temple remains at the disputed site
- Construction of the temple has been taken up by a trust setup as per the court judgment.
- Five judge bench of the highest court of India handed over the site to Hindus in an unanimous verdict in 2019.
- The entire cost of construction of the temple has been borne by people of India
Watch for a crisp analysis of international media coverage
In which @PoojaShali shreds foreign media coverage of Shri Ram Janmsthan Mandir consecration on 22 January 2024.
— Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 (@KanchanGupta) January 24, 2024
Do watch. Ms Shali is one among the increasingly rare journalists who bluntly call a spade, a spade.
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