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FAIZABAD, INDIA, July 31, 2003: Ramchandra Paramhans, chief of the Ramjanmabhoomi Trust and one of the main figures in the Ayodhya movement for close to eight decades, died this morning in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was 90. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has condoled the death of the mahant. “The death has shocked me profoundly. His contribution towards the Ramjanmabhoomi movement will be etched in golden letters,” he said. The mahant of the Ramananda Sampradaya was revered by the Sangh Parivar and a large number of followers for his command over Hindu religious scriptures. He spearheaded the Ramjanmabhoomi movement and held center stage in the Ayodhya movement for close to eight decades. Born as Chandreshwar Tiwari in 1913 in Singhanipur village of Bihar, the mahant had been based in Ayodhya since 1934. He was associated with the temple movement ever since the appearance in 1949 of Ram Lalla’s icon in the Babri Masjid, built upon the site of Lord Rama’s birth.

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