Faith above virus: VHP continues preparation for Ram temple construction

The massive gathering in Ayodhya on Ram Navami planned for the first week of April may have been called off because of the spread of COVID-19, but the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday continued with its preparations for constructing a Ram temple in Ayodhya. The Sangh Parivar outfit made public a silver throne, which, it said, had been ordered by the erstwhile princely family of Ayodhya, where the idol of Ramlala will be kept until the new temple is constructed. The VHP said the chief of the erstwhile princely family, Vimalendra Mohan Misra, had paid for it and craftsmen