संवाद # 149: Dr Meenakshi Jain on 500 years struggle of Hindus for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

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Dr MeenakshiJain is a historian interested in cultural and religious developments in ancient and medieval India. Her recent publications include Vasudeva Krishna and Mathura (2021); Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples (2019); The Battle for Rama: Case of the Temple at Ayodhya (2017); Sati: Evangelicals, Baptist Missionaries, and the Changing Colonial Discourse (2016); and Rama and Ayodhya (2013). In 2020, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Her latest book 'The Hindus of Hindustan: A Civilisational Journey' is out. You can order your copy here: https://www.amazon.in/HINDUS-HINDUSTAN-Civilizational-Journey/dp/8173056811/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=rigrD&content-id=amzn1.sym.abf785eb-c261-4662-bda7-16fd802b4d00&pf_rd_p=abf785eb-c261-4662-bda7-16fd802b4d00&pf_rd_r=Q2TAG0E7F9MAJ861T5ZD&pd_rd_wg=pnsaT&pd_rd_r=bce8d7e0-e5c0-4432-9285-ae24802258d5&ref_=pd_gw_bmx_gp_38c9weno 0:00 Promo 1:52 How India has changed in 10 years 5:14 Ideology: destroy temples, build mosques 7:57 Bhakts never gave up on their temples 11:02 Teachings of great Hindu saints 13:24 How bhakts started reclaiming Ram Janmasthan 17:20 No evidence of Muslim presence at Janmasthan 18:21 Babar built 3 mosques 20:01 Evidence of Bhakts at Janmasthan 24:06 Ram Bhakt Rani, Krishna bhakt Raja 26:40 Nihangs at Janmasthan 30:12 British era evidence in favor of Ram Mandir 33:36 The Great Hindu Patience 36:54 British punish Bhakts for demolishing Babri 41:43 Waqf commissioner report 43:05 PM Nehru Vs K. K. Nayar 46:46 Rising Hindu Nationalism 49:42 Eminent Historians as Traitors 58:35 The Case for Mathura 1:00:20 Masjid party forged historical documents 1:02:36 Only problem in Mathura