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The Shri Rama Janmabhoomi movement is
not one of bricks and mortar, but as one that will restore the honour
of the nation and its culture. People take great pride in, and receive
inspiration from, temples which signify their glorious past. This can
be done only when we have a proper and full-fledged temple at the site.
Swami Vivekanand said: "Your forefathers
underwent everything boldly, even death itself, but preserved their religion.
Temple after temple was broken down by the foreign conqueror, but no sooner
had the wave passed than the spire of the temple rose up again. Some of
these old temples of Southern India, and those like Somnath of Gujarat,
will teach you volumes of wisdom, will give you keener insight into the
history of the race than any amounts of books. Mark how these temples
bear the marks of a hundred attacks and a hundred regenerations, continually
destroyed and continually springing up out of the ruins, rejuvenated and
strong as ever! That is the national mind, that is the national life-current.
Follow it and it leads to glory. Give it up and you die; death will be
the only result, annihilation the only effect, the moment you step beyond
the life-current." |