‘It is faith of Hindus that Lord Ram was born in Ayodhya’

New Delhi: It is the ‘belief and faith’ of Hindus that Ayodhya is the birthplace of Lord Ram and he was born at the site of the disputed structure, ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’ told the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The counsel appearing for ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’ told a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that according to Hindu ‘puranas’ (sacred mythological writings) it is the belief of Hindus that Lord Ram was born in Ayodhya and the court should not go beyond to see how rational it is. Advancing the arguments on the sixth day of the hearing, senior advocate C S Vaidyanathan, appearing for the deity, referred to travelogue written by English merchant William Finch, who had visited India between 1608-1611, and recorded that there was a fort or castle in Ayodhya where Hindus believed Lord Ram was born. “It is the faith of people that it is the place where Lord Ram was born,” he told the bench, also comprising Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer. “It is always considered to be the birthplace of Lord Ram,” Vaidyanathan said. (PTI)