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Ayodhya dispute: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar meets Muslim cleric

ANI  |  Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] 

Art of Living (AoL) founder on Thursday met

in to discuss the issue.

After the meeting, said that the talk between two was initiated for harmonious co-existence of both communities and construction of Temple in

The spiritual guru further claimed that there is full cooperation from the Muslim community over the matter.

Talking to the media, said, "We have been getting good responses from every side. We are talking about harmonious co-existence of both communities and construction of grand Temple. There is a lot of goodwill and cooperation from Muslim community."

Reportedly, in last month, a delegation from met Ravishankar in Bengaluru to find an to the issue.

The chief had last year in October offered to make a fresh start in the dialogue process in connection with dispute, saying that he was willing to talk to the stakeholders to find a middle ground.

The Janambhoomi-dispute is a century-old issue between Hindus and Muslims over a piece of land, which was claimed by the former to be the birthplace of Hindu Lord and thus entitled for construction of a Temple.

The built in 1528-29 CE that stood in the same site was demolished by Hindu Karsevaks on December 6, 1992 in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, which caused massive riots across the country.

Presently, the case is pending before the and will be heard on March 14.

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First Published: Thu, March 01 2018. 14:20 IST
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