A day after government assured the Opposition of maintaining status quo at the disputed site in Ayodhya, the VHP on Wednesday announced the 'muhurat' for shifting the carved pillars of the Ram Temple to the janambhoomi area but said the actual construction would begin only in an amicable atmosphere. The Sangh Parivar outfit also expressed hope that the government would hand over the acquired land to it by March 12. "We will be moving the pillars from our workshop at Karsevakpuram to the Ram Janambhoomi site at 1415 hours (auspicious time) on March 15, VHP senior vice-president Acharya Giriraj Kishore said. "About one lakh VHP activists and supporters would converge on the temple town on March 15 to begin the process of construction," he said. The VHP leader dismissed apprehensions of any communal trouble but said that the activists were prepared to court arrest if the administration prevents them from moving the material to the site.


Kishore, however, clarified that the actual construction work would begin only in an amicable atmosphere. "How can a temple be built in an atmosphere of tension," he asked. Kishore said that the VHP's Mandir Nirman Samiti (temple construction committee) would meet in Ayodhya on March 14. Bureau Report