Ram Rath Yatra

The planned route of L. K. Advani's Rath Yatra, beginning in Somnath on 25 September 1990 and ending in Ayodhya on 30 October 1990.

The Ram Rath Yatra (rath yatra means a "chariot journey") was a political and religious rally that lasted from September to October 1990. It was organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its Hindu nationalist affiliates, and led by the then-president of the BJP, L. K. Advani. The purpose of the yatra was to support the agitation, led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and its affiliates in the Sangh Parivar, to erect a temple to the Hindu deity Rama on the site of the Babri Masjid.

Quotes

• Garv se kaho, ham Hindu hein!
  • Say with pride that we are Hindus!
  • One of several slogans coined by the followers of Advani, quoted in Lest We Forget, Gujarat (New Delhi: World Report, 2002), p. 117

External links

• Excerpts from L.K. Advani, My Country, My Life