AYODHYA, INDIA, August 3, 2002: Ram Janambhoomi Trust president Mahant Ramchandra Paramhans on Saturday opposed the Allahabad high court’s suggestion for excavation at the disputed temple site in Ayodhya. “The makeshift temple cannot be shifted to facilitate excavation as it has been existing there for long and no court or government will be allowed to effect shifting of the deities as it goes against the tenets of Hindu religion,” he told reporters in Ayodhya. “there should be no doubt about the existence of the Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya,” the Mahant said. The Mahant stated that old artifacts and a carved black stone structure with engraving of Hindu deities were found in the debris of the demolished structure. “These relics are still kept in the custody of the Faizabad district administration,” he said. There are procedures for moving temples, including the Deities, but not for the purpose of archeological excavation.
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