Ayodhya case: Supreme Court set to settle a 500-year-old land dispute

The violence stirred memories of the bloodshed witnessed after the country was divided in 1947 into India and Pakistan

To Hindus, it’s the revered birthplace of Ram. To Muslims, it’s the site of a 16th century mosque that was razed in 1992 by Hindu religious  volunteers, or kar sevaks. After a long legal fight — and bloodshed —  the Supreme Court is set to rule on which of the country’s biggest religions owns the site.
 
What’s it about?
 
Ostensibly a plot of land of 2.77 acres in Ayodhya. For more than seven decades, right-wing Hindu campaigners have been pushing to build a temple there for Ram, who they believe was born on the site where the Mughals