Ambiguity over birthplace: Khan
New Delhi, Oct. 3: Does the 1,500 square yard piece of land where the disputed Babri Masjid once stood support the mansion of Queen Kaushalya, the mother of Lord Ram, and is it the exact place of his birth?
According to Justice S.U. Khan, one of the three judges in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC who gave the September 30 Ayodhya verdict, there is a difference between Janamsthan, Janambhoomi and Janamsthal.
Translating the words in English, Justice Khan says janam means birth, sthan means place, bhoomi means land and sthal means site. No one has used the word Janamsthal (birth site in English), points out Justice Khan.
The question on the 1,500 square yard piece of land arose in the course of the hearing of the title suit and was dealt with by Justice Khan in his separate but concurrent judgment with Justice Sudhir Agarwal in the title suit case.
Justice Khan said each of the counsels who appeared for different Hindu contenders replied in the affirmative when they were asked if they were sure that the 1,500 sq yards, which was in dispute, was the birthplace of Lord Rama.
However, the same counsels were not sure if by Janmasthan or Janmabhoomi they meant that it was the exact site where Kaushalya gave birth to him, which could be a very, very small area of 5 to 10 square yard only, or it meant the room in which the birth took place or it meant the mansion where the mother of Lord resided, hesaid.
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