Fresh Ahodhya excavation leads to mosque floor

Hindustan Times ^ | Ayodhya, March 15

[DeaconBenjamin]

Excavation at three of the four new trenches at the disputed site here on Saturday led to the floor of the demolished structure forcing archaeologists to ponder over the next course of action.

After three hours of digging, the labourers, who resumed excavation after the Moharram break this morning, came across the floor of the structure as was the case when the first four 4 X 4 metre trenches were dug, sources said.

ASI Superintending Archaeologist B R Mani had on Thursday decided to defer excavation of the floor till necessary permission was obtained from the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court which had ordered the excavation on March 5 to ascertain whether a temple existed beneath the disputed structure.

Sunni Central Wakf Board Counsel Zafaryab Geelani told PTI that a decision on the next course of action would be taken after Mani returns to the site.

Three days of excavation have, so far, led to the recovery of a shell, a basal (Gomed - a precious stone) and two brick-marks of 1920s vintage.

Earlier, this morning, Jeelani said he would be giving a representation to ASI over the presence of only one Muslim in the excavation team and the absence of even a single Muslim among the 52 labourers engaged for the task.

"We want ASI to give us an explanation with regard to this discrimination," he said.

Meanwhile, VHP media in-charge Sharad Sharma said mass mobilisation was on across Uttar Pradesh for its 'satyagraha' in Delhi in support of a Parliamentary enactment to immediately hand over the acquired land to Ram Janmaboomi Nyas and facilitate the construction of the temple.

Security personnel in Ayodhya and neighbouring Faizabad continued to maintain strict vigil even as the two towns remained normal.

[DeaconBenjamin]

And they were expecting?

[MigrantOkie]

"Excavation at three of the four new trenches at the disputed site here on Saturday led to the floor of the demolished structure forcing archaeologists to ponder over the next course of action."

What kind of MORONS do they have running this thing!?!?!You dig into a demolished structure and then are STUNNED (STUNNED I TELL YOU) to find the floor. Then they must ponder over the find (DUH what do we do george what do we do?). HAY! WAKE UP! THE POINT OF THE DIG WAS TO GET UNDER THE MOSQUE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A TEMPLE UNDER THERE! (Which is the Muslim pattern, destroy other religious temples/churches and build a mosque there and then claim it's muslim holy ground and then kill people over it)

[katana]

I think it's more of a "s**t or get off the pot" moment. The Hindu protesters who tore the mosque down did so because it was built over what was once a prominent Hindu temple. Now the government authorities who have been cleaning up the debris have to decide whether to rip up the foundation and do what the Hindus wanted all along. There's a far graver parallel in Jerusalem, or soon will be.