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Is India's Ayodhya Hindu-Muslim dispute simmering again?
Some 100,000 people from Hindu right-wing groups are demanding the construction of the Ram Temple
The northern city of Ayodhya has been a key point of tension between Hindus and Muslims in India.
In the last few months, there have been renewed calls to build a temple on the spot, where a 16th Century mosque was demolished by Hindu mobs in 1992. The BBC explains why the holy site is back in the news.
Why are people gathering in Ayodhya?
Some 100,000 Hindus are expected to descend on Ayodhya on Sunday, demanding that a Hindu temple be built where the 16th Century Babri mosque once stood.
Hindus believe the religious site in the state of Uttar Pradesh is the birthplace of one of their most revered deities, Lord Ram. But Muslims say they have worshipped there for generations.
Tensions between the two communities came to a violent head in 1992 when a Hindu mob destroyed the mosque.
Nearly 2,000 people were killed in subsequent riots across the country.
But now, after various attempts to claim ownership over the land by both religious groups, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been scaling up efforts to build a Hindu temple there.
The crowds who are expected to gather at the site are from various hardline right-wing groups, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Shiv Sena.
The dispute reached a flashpoint in 1992 when a Hindu mob destroyed a mosque at the site
Is India's Ayodhya Hindu-Muslim dispute simmering again?
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Some 100,000 people from Hindu right-wing groups are demanding the construction of the Ram Temple
The northern city of Ayodhya has been a key point of tension between Hindus and Muslims in India.
In the last few months, there have been renewed calls to build a temple on the spot, where a 16th Century mosque was demolished by Hindu mobs in 1992. The BBC explains why the holy site is back in the news.
Why are people gathering in Ayodhya?
Some 100,000 Hindus are expected to descend on Ayodhya on Sunday, demanding that a Hindu temple be built where the 16th Century Babri mosque once stood.
Hindus believe the religious site in the state of Uttar Pradesh is the birthplace of one of their most revered deities, Lord Ram. But Muslims say they have worshipped there for generations.
Tensions between the two communities came to a violent head in 1992 when a Hindu mob destroyed the mosque.
Nearly 2,000 people were killed in subsequent riots across the country.
But now, after various attempts to claim ownership over the land by both religious groups, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been scaling up efforts to build a Hindu temple there.
The crowds who are expected to gather at the site are from various hardline right-wing groups, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Shiv Sena.
The dispute reached a flashpoint in 1992 when a Hindu mob destroyed a mosque at the site