11-06-2004, 12:27 AM
<b>demolition of two 100-year-old temples </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Assam, India > Guwahati, Nov 5 : Normal life was affected today following a 12-hour "Guwahati city bandh" to protest against the alleged demolition of two 100-year-old temples by the Kamrup district administration.
The bandh was jointly called by the Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal, RSS and Bharatiya Yuva Morcha.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sarma alleged that the district administration destroyed one Hanuman temple and another Vishnu temple on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in the Uzan Bazaar area of the city as it falls near the approach road to the Raj Bhavan.
He claimed that the demolition work was carried out on November two last at a time when thousands of devotees were present inside the temple and offering puja. PTI <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The bandh was jointly called by the Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal, RSS and Bharatiya Yuva Morcha.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sarma alleged that the district administration destroyed one Hanuman temple and another Vishnu temple on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in the Uzan Bazaar area of the city as it falls near the approach road to the Raj Bhavan.
He claimed that the demolition work was carried out on November two last at a time when thousands of devotees were present inside the temple and offering puja. PTI <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->