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Broken statues of Hindu gods and goddesses found at Ayodhya Ram temple site

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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust on Thursday claimed to have found several antiques of religious importance at the site in the town where Hindu devotees believe the deity Ram was born.

The items were found on the 10th day of the exercise to level the ground and remove a gangway before the construction of a Ram Temple begins.

According to the office-bearers of the VHP and the Trust, the antiques — broken statues of deities, a kalash (urn) and a five-foot Shivling with carvings on it — are similar to those discovered by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) during an excavation carried out in 2003 on the orders of the Allahabad High Court.