{"id":79938,"date":"2017-07-15T13:54:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T08:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=79938"},"modified":"2017-07-15T13:54:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T08:24:44","slug":"ram-temple-missing-tourist-department-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=79938","title":{"rendered":"Ram temple missing from tourist department guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-content\">\n<div class=\"story-details\">\n<p>A tourism department guide on Ayodhaya giving the Ram Janambhoomi temple the miss has angered the saints who have threatened an agitation if the \u2018lapse\u2019 wasn\u2019t rectified. The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has supported the demand.<\/p>\n<p>Nritya Gopal Das, the head of the Ram Janambhoomi Nyas, has slammed the state\u2019s tourism department for the lapse. \u201cThere are several temples in Ayodhya. But there is only one Ram Janmbhoomi temple which is revered by devotees across the globe. How can that not find a place in the tourism department guide on the temple town,\u201d asked Das.<\/p>\n<p>His view was echoed by several others, including Kanhaiya Das, the head of the Ayodhya Sant Samiti. A senior tourism department official told HT that the guide on Ayodhya wasn\u2019t published by the present government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has always been that way,\u201d the official said even as some of the saints like Kanhaiya Das also felt that the Ram temple not finding a mention in tourist department guide reminded one of the times when such things happened to appease a particular community.<\/p>\n<p>Sharad Sharma, VHP\u2019s Ayodhya-based spokesman said, \u201cWe understand that the Ram temple issue is subjudice but that doesn\u2019t mean that tourism department should remove it from its booklet on the temple town. There can be no Ayodhya without a Ramjanmbhoomi on which a makeshift temple is now there.\u201d The VHP has also demanded that tourist department in religious cities like Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura be renamed as \u2018tirthatan vibhaag\u2019 or pilgrimage department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tourism department guide on Ayodhaya giving the Ram Janambhoomi temple the miss has angered the saints who have threatened an agitation if the \u2018lapse\u2019 wasn\u2019t rectified. The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has supported the demand. Nritya Gopal Das, the head of the Ram Janambhoomi Nyas, has slammed the state\u2019s tourism department for the lapse. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}