The Iconic Monkey Image on Atop The Dome on 30 October 1990 [Credit-India Today]
Validation of a direct connection between Ram Mandir and Monkeys has been proved by many pictures, photo images, journalists, and authoritative personnel. Indians and the Hindu community worldwide will never forget the day of 30 October 1990.
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The Iconic Monkey Image on Atop The Dome on 30 October 1990:
It was October 30, 1990, an iconic photo from that 'Historic Day' of the Ram Mandir movement has returned to our collective memory as the country prepares for the 'Pran Pratishtha' [Consecration] ceremony of Lord Ram's idol at Ayodhya on January 22.
On that day, around 28,000 Uttar Pradesh Armed Constabulary personnel were deployed in Ayodhya. The deployment was to thwart the Ram Mandir 'Kar Seva' organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad [VHP].
It was the security 'Bandobast' by then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav who boasted self "Ayodhya mein parinda bhi par nahi maar sakta". The entire road to the Babri Masjid was barricaded with heavily armed khaki-clad men.
During the struggle between the security personnel and the karsevaks, a sadhu who knew how to drive a bus jumped onto the seat and started driving towards Babri Masjid. The police bus was used to detain karsevaks.
Swami Vigyanand, Joint General Secretary of the Vishva Hindu Parishad [VHP] called it a 'watershed moment' when the sadhu plowed through the barricades and opened the road for thousands of karsevaks.
Swami Vigyanand, Joint General Secretary of the Vishva Hindu Parishad [Credit-Prachyam]
Karsevaks braved hundreds of security personnel and moved towards the disputed Babri Masjid. Some karsevaks managed to climb on the dome of the disputed structure and planted 'Bhagwa Dhwaj'[Saffrin flags].
The security personnel deputed there soon began lathi-charging and shooting at the karsevaks to disperse them. By the offensive move of security personnel, the karsevaks were forced to retreat by the evening.
Deputed officials wanted the saffron flags [Bhagwa Dhwaj] removed from the domes but faced a unique situation. They found that a monkey had taken a position on the middle dome of the mosque.
The security officials saw the monkey as an 'Avatar' of Lord Hanuman, who had appeared to protect the flag, so they were unwilling to disturb it. The monkey kept sitting near the flag atop the central dome for hours.
Late at night, after the monkey left the dome, some police personnel climbed atop the dome and removed the flag. VHP functionary shares the iconic image of the monkey atop the dome published by many Hindi Newspapers on November 1, 1990.
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The Monkey Image Again on July 23, 1992:
There have been recurring images of the Mankey [a symbol of Hanuman] atop the Babri Masjid dome during the Ram Mandir movement. Another photo from India Today's achieves takes the story further. This photo was clicked by Parmod Pushkarna on July 23, 1992.
The 'Kar Sewa' for the Mandir was suspended after the brutal killings of the karsevaks and re-started in July 1992. Though the karsevaks reached Ayodhya, the program was postponed. This time one monkey was also sitting on the central dome of the Babri Masjid.
Photojournalist Parmod Pushkaran, now 76 [Credit-TOI]
Photojournalist Parmod Pushkaran, now 76, recalled I was intrigued that while security personnel and barricades prevented people from reaching the disputed spot, a monkey had reached the top of the dome. People were mesmerized and called that monkey "Hanuman ka Avatar."
There were a lot of restrictions in Ayodhya in those days. We used to hide behind buildings or climb onto roofs to take photos. That was a time when the Ayodhya Ram Mandir Movement was on full steam.
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The Story of the Monkey in Opening of Temple Doors Order:
The reference to monkeys in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir case can also be found in the autobiography of KM Pandey. KM Pandey was the District Judge of Faizabad [Old name of Ayodhya] on Feb 1, 1986, who ordered that the doors of the Babri Masjid be opened for devotees to the 'Darshan of Ram Lalla Idol.'
In his autobiography 'Voice of Conscience,' published in the 1990s. Mr. Pandey mentions a divine power behind his judgment on that day. He narrated that on the date when orders for opening locks were passed, a Black Monkey was sitting for the whole day on the roof of the courtroom.
KM Pandey District Judge of Faizabad in 1986 [Credit-OpIndia]
In the courtroom in which the hearing was going on, Monkey was sitting holding the flag post. Thousands of people of Faizabad and Ayodhya, who were present to hear the final orders, had offered him groundnuts and various fruits.
Strangely, the monkey did not touch any of the offerings and left the place when the final order was passed at 4.40 pm. The DC and SSP escorted me to my bungalow. I was surprised to see him in my bungalow. I just saluted him and treated him to be some divine power.
However, KM Pandey's order to unlock the doors was turned down by the Allahabad High Court. It was to be part of a lengthy legal process that started with an FIR in 1858 after Nihang Sikhs barged into the Masjid-e-Janam Sthan and performed a 'Havan.'
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The Story of Monkeys and The Supreme Court Verdict:
Senior advocate and former attorney general K Parasarn also talked about the incident of monkeys during the Supreme Court Verdict. Mr. K Parasarn successfully argued the case of Ram Lalla Virajman.
Mr. Parasarn narrated the matter on November 9, 2019, when the five-judge bench of the Supreme Court delivered the landmark verdict, ordering the 2.77 acres of land to be handed over to a Ram Janmabhoomi trust for the construction of a Ram Lalla Temple.
Senior advocate and former attorney general K Parasarn [Credit-YouTube]
The Historic Verdict was delivered on a Saturday, and on the subsequent Monday, 30-40 monkeys appeared from nowhere on the terrace of his residence in Delhi. I was out on the open terrace on the second floor. Can't imagine so many monkeys that too around 8.45 pm.
They were playing, jumping, kicking......Lord Ram took care of it....69 years he waited for it, recalls Mr. Parasarn.
Monkeys have been perceived by devotees throughout the Ram Mandir movement as a manifestation of the divine power. The iconic October 1990 image of the monkey, splashed across newspapers, was one among that thread.
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