Ram Mandir's first lot of stones arrive in Ayodhya

Almost six months after VHP announced its nationwide drive to collect stones for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, two trucks of stones arrived in the temple city on Sunday. VHP leader Ashok Singhal, who died last month in Gurgaon, had said that about 2.25 Lakhs cubic ft of stones are required for the construction of the Ram temple and about 1.25 Lakh cubic ft of stones are ready at the VHP's headquarter in Ayodhya. The rest one Lakh cubic ft stones would be collected nationwide from Hindu devotees.