LUCKNOW, INDIA, January 21, 2003: Standing on his feet for thirty days, Pagal Das, a sadhu under personal vows, has attracted huge crowds of pilgrims. Pagal decided to undertake these tapas in Ayodhya near the Sri Ram Janmabhhomi-babri Masjid site and has vowed to keep standing until the proposed Ram Temple has been constructed. Despite cold temperatures at night and sleeping while holding onto the branch of a Pakar tree for support, Pagal Das is unrelenting and calls his quest a peaceful agitation. President of the Sri Ram Janmabhhomi Nyas Trust, 90 year-old Mahant Ram Chandra Das Paramhans, fears that the sadhu may die because he cannot see the government relenting to the sadhu’s demands to build the temple.
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