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K'taka Dalit farmer, who gave stones for idol, to donate land for temple
The Morning Standard
|January 21, 2024
DELIGHTED over the use of a stone block from his land at Gujjegowdanapura village near Mysuru to carve the idol of Ram Lalla to be consecrated in Ayodhya on January 22, Dalit farmer Ramdas has decided to donate part of his property to construct a Ram temple.
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Ramdas said that people of Gujjegowdanapura are happy that the idol has been carved out of the stone block from their village.
“I wanted to clear the rocks on my 2.14 acres of land for cultivation. The rocks excavated suited the requirement of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and Mysurubased sculptor Arun Yogiraj selected one of them,” he said.
“With many from the village expressing their desire to see a Ram temple on my land from where the stone block was taken to Ayodhya, I decided to donate part of it,” Ramdas said.
This story is from the January 21, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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