Construction of Grand Ram Temple Begins in Thailand's 'Ayutthaya' Abhinav Pandey

Bangkok: After an elaborate 'bhumi poojan' ceremony, the construction of a 'grand Ram temple' was begun today by the Ram Janmabhumi Nirman Nyas Trust in Ayutthaya in Thailand, a senior functionary of the organisation said. The temple would help spread the message of Lord Ram outside India, he said.

"After performing rituals of bhumi poojan, the construction of a grand Ram temple has been started in Ayutthaya. As there is delay in the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya with the matter pending in the Supreme Court, we, the devotees of Ram, have started construction of a temple here," Ram Janmabhumi Nirman Nyas Trust president Mahant Janmejay Sharan told PTI over the phone from Bangkok.

We expect the the decision of the apex court will come soon in our favour and we will start the construction of the temple in Ayodhya, Sharan said.This temple (in Ayutthaya) will pave way for the temple in our own Ayodhya, he added. I expect the construction in Ayodhya will start before Kumbh-2019, Sharan said. He said the construction of the temple in Thailand will establish India as 'vishwa guru' (world leader) at the intellectual level and help spread the message of Lord Ram globally. The Ram temple is being constructed on the bank of Chao Phraya river which flows through the heart of Bangkok. It is said that in the 15th century, the capital of Thailand was a city called Ayutthaya, which is Ayodhya in the local language. When Burmese soldiers overran this city in the 18th century, a new king rose. He called himself Rama I, established the city now known as Bangkok, wrote the epic Ramakien, which is Ramayana in the local language, made it the national epic, and got it painted as murals on the walls of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, patronised by the royal family, it is believed. Though he was a Buddhist, the king established his royal credentials by identifying himself with Lord Ram, who was as much a hero for Buddhists of south-east Asia as he was for the Hindus of south Asia.

भक्तों के लिए खुशखबरी: बैंकाक में होने जा रहा है भव्य राम मंदिर का निर्माण

बैंकाक: राम भक्तों के लिए एक बहुत बड़ी खुशखबरी है। रसिक पीठाधीश्वर व जानकी घाट बड़ा स्थान के महंत श्री जन्मेजय शरण महाराज के नेतृत्व में थाईलैंड स्थित अयोध्या में पवित्र सोराय नदी के तट पर भव्य राम मंदिर का निर्माण होने जा रहा है।

महंत श्री जन्मेजय शरण महाराज के नेतृत्व में भारत से गए राम भक्तों दुष्यंत सिंह (अंर्तराष्ट्रीय आयोजक), विष्णु प्रताप सिंह चौहान (समाज सेवी), वेद प्रकाश ( समाज सेवी), विजय जैन (समाजसेवी) व थाईलैंड के अप्रवासी भारतीय पवन मिश्रा ( समाजसेवी), दिग्विजय सिंह ( समाजदसेवी) व अन्य लोगों ने थाईलैंड स्थित अयोध्या में पवित्र सोराय नदी के तट पर ऐतिहासिक अंर्तराष्ट्रीय राम मंदिर के निर्माण की घोषणा की व भूमि पूजन कार्यक्रम में भाग लिया।

इस मौके पर महंत श्री जन्मेजय शरण महाराज ने सारी दुनिया के सनातन धर्म प्रेमियों, समस्त हिंदुओं व सूर्यवंशियो का आहवान करते हुए उनसे मदिंर निर्माण के सहयोग व समर्थन कर अपील की। उन्होंने बताया कि भारत में कानूनी रूप व संवेधानिक बाध्यताओं की वजह से आ रही अड़चनों से अयोध्या में मंदिर निर्माण नहीं हो रहा है। इस वजह से प्रभु श्री राम के भक्तों में क्षोम की भावना जागृत हो रही है। अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर यह मंदिर बनने से राम भक्तों में एक नई उमंग और जोश जागृत होगा। इसलिए श्री राम की प्रेरणा से प्रभु की नगरी में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय श्री राम मंदिर निर्माण का संकल्प लिया गया है। अंतर्राष्ट्रीय श्री राम मंदिर न्यास के प्रवक्ता दुष्यंत सिंह ने कहा,” पूज्य जन्मेजय शरण जी जैसे संत के निर्देशन में प्रभु श्री राम का कार्य करने का सौभाग्य बड़े नसीब से मिलता है। इस सपने को भारत की 130 करोड़ जनता जी रही है। उसे इस काम से आनंद मिलेगा।” वहीं महामंत्री विष्णु प्रताप चौहान ने कहा कि यह सपना सिर्फ भारत की जनता की नहीं, बल्कि सारे विश्व के हिंदुओँ व श्री राम के प्रशंसकों का है। संगठन के सचिव वेद प्रकाश ने कहा कि अंतर्राष्ट्रीय रूप से प्रभु श्री राम की सेना की तरह ही श्री जन्मेजय शरण महाराज के नेतृत्व में राम भक्तों की फौज खड़ी कर दी जाएगी। थाईलैंड में मंदिर न्यास के अध्यक्ष पवन मिश्रा ने बताया कि अप्रवासी भारतीयों के लिए विशेषकर पूर्वांचल वासियों के लिए ये बेहद गौरव की बात है कि प्रभु श्री राम का मंदिर आयोध्या में उनके सहयोग से बनेगा। वहीं महासचिव दिग्विजय सिंह ने कहा कि थाईलैंड में राम भक्तों की फौज है, जो प्रभु कार्य में जुटकर इस अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सपने को एक साकार करेगी। कौन हैं महंत जन्मेजय शरण:– रसिक पीठाधीश्वर व जानकी घाट बड़ा स्थान अयोध्या के पीठाधीश्वर व महंत जन्मेजय न केवल भारतीय संत समाज व आध्यात्मिक जगत का एक जाना माना नाम है, बल्कि श्री राम मन्दिर न्यास के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष भी है। इस योगी संत ने अपना सारा जीवन भारतीय आध्यात्म व प्रभु श्रीराम के चरणों में समर्पित कर दिया है। सभी शंकराचार्य व अखाड़ों से संरक्षित व संचालित सनातन धर्म के रक्षकों में श्री जन्मेजय शरण एक प्रमुख नाम है। किशोरी जानकी जी के चरणों में समर्पित इस संत ने माता सीता के सामने प्रभु श्री राम के भव्य निर्माण का संकल्प लिया है, क्योंकि भारत में कुछ कानूनी व संवैधानिक बाध्यता है इस लिए थाईलैंड स्थित प्रभु श्री राम की भूमि अयोध्या में सोराय नदी के तट पर भव्य श्री राम मंदिर के निर्माण का संकल्प एवं साहसी व प्रशंसनीय कदम है। अयोध्या में मंदिर निर्माण में कुछ लोगों द्वारा की जा रही घोर बाधाओं के परिचय में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर प्रभु श्री राम पर हो रही चर्चाओं से व्यथित होकर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर ही भव्य मंदिर निर्माण का संकल्प भारत को आध्यात्मिक रूप से जहां एक ओर विश्व गुरू बनाने की ओर एक ठोस कदम होगा। वहीं दूसरी ओर प्रभु श्री राम अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर जन-जन तक पहुंचेंगे, यही है महंत जन्मेजय शरण का सपना। इसमें उनके सारथी हैं दुष्यंत सिंह, जोकि एक अंतर्राष्ट्रीय शख्सियत है। वही विष्णु प्रताप सिंह चौहान एक बेहद कर्मठ समाजसेवी व राजनैतिक व्यक्तित्व है। वहीं थाईलैंड में पवन मिश्रा अध्यक्ष व दिग्विजय सिंह महासचिव का दायित्व सम्भाल रहें हैं।

Culling of ducks begins at Sukhna

Chandigarh : Taking no risk, teams of 30 members including the experts, have stated culling of all the ducks at the Sukhna Lake soon after the bird flu was confirmed in one of the 30 domesticated ducks. The culling of the ducks started in the evening after getting the nod from the Government of the India. The birds are being culled and buried as per the action plan and bio-security measure set up by WHO under supervision of experts from RDDL, Jalandhar. Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Vivek Pratap Singh, who is also holding the charge of Deputy Commissioner, said that the no culling of the migratory birds would be done. The decision to cull the ducks was taken after the high level meeting held during the day. Director Animal Husbandry-cum-SDM Prince Dhawan was appointed the nodal officer to get the operation done along with the team of experts from RDDL Jalandhar. The operation started at 4 pm with the help of all the concerned departments, primarily Animal Husbandry, Wildlife and Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh and Director Health Services and Engineering Department. The operation was still under process at the filing of the story The areas of the Lake have been cordoned off by Police officials and officials from the Forest Department. The medical examination of the 30-member team was done at the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16. The Administration has also alerted the Deputy Commissioners of Panchkula and Mohali on this issue. Commissioner Vivek Pratap Singh clarified that presently there was no alert like situation but they would monitor all the birds in the surrounding areas in the times to come. As per the standard protocol issued by the World Health Organisation to contain avian flu, the birds in the affected areas will be burned and buried on an island at the centre of Sukhna Lake. The culling becomes necessary to contain the avian flu, which can spread between birds and onto humans as it is contagious and packs high mortality, Nearly two lakh birds were culled in Kerala due to the outbreak of the avian influenza, H5N1 in 2004. Over 30 ducks at the lake had died under mysterious circumstances in recent days. The Sukhna lake has nearly 250 ducks and geese which are a star attraction for visitors. The presence of the H5N1 virus was confirmed in a sample from one dead duck by the Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) Wednesday. Ducks have been dying for the past 10 days and officials initially thought the deaths could be due to food poisoning or over-feeding. “At present, there is no assessment regarding any outbreak of bird flu in Chandigarh. The situation is, however, being very closely monitored,” a spokesman of the Chandigarh Administration said. No need to panic An officer said that people were advised not to panic but cooperate with the Administration. The UT Administration has taken all possible steps to ensure the containment of virus and will continue to monitor the situation closely. The lake and its vicinity shall remain out of bounds for general public till further orders.

Malaysia Airlines flight shot down by missile in Ukraine, all 295 on board feared dead

Chandigarh: Months after the major MH370 tragedy, another Malaysia passenger airliner MH17 has crashed in Eastern Ukraine near the Russian border. The Ukrainian military has also confirmed the crash, meanwhile, the Malaysia Airlines on its official Twitter handle wrote that the that the contact with the airlines was lost and that the plane's last known position was over the Ukrainian airspace. Reportedly, there were 295 people, including 15 crew members, on board the Boeing 777-200 aircraft which was flying from Amsterdan to Kuala Lumpur. All on board the plane feared to be dead in the crash. The plane which flew from the Amsterdam airport at 12:10 pm local time was suppose to land at Kuala Lumpur airport at 6:00 AM local time. Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak said that he's shocked with the reports of the plane crash, adding that an immediate investigation into the crash has been launched. It is also being speculated that the airliner has been shot down by the separatists. However, there is no official confirmation of the reports saying that the plane was fired at. Ukraine pro-Russia rebels said that they didn't shoot down airliner, and blamed the Ukrainian armed forces. Only a highly sophisticated weapon system can shoot down a plane flying at an altitude which the flight MH17 was flying at. The Boeing passenger liner came down close to town of Shaktarsk region of Donetsk, where the Pro-Russians rebels are fighting with the Ukrainian security forces, after it disappeared from the radar. This is the second major tragedy with which the Malaysia Airlines have been struck in a matter of few months. Flight number MH370 with around 250 people on board mysteriously disappeared in March this year. The search for that plane is still going on near the Indian Ocean.

Captain being led to sacrificial altar by Bajwa, says Sukhbir UPA is a burden, threat to country: Modi

Chandigarh : BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday charged the Congress-led UPA Central government with becoming a burden and threat to the country. Addressing a ‘Bharat Vijay’ rally in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, actress Kirron Kher here, Modi said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was unable to provide security to the country and had failed on all fronts. “This government has become a burden on the country. This government has become a threat for the country. The country is not secure with such a government which cannot protect its soldiers who are being beheaded (by Pakistan). Can the country be secure with such a government?” he said. Taking a dig at Congress, Modi said, “Mahatma Gandhi wanted to disband Congress after independence. But the Congress leaders did not listen to him also. Mahatma Gandhi’s dream will be fulfilled in this election.” Tearing into Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s remark on the BJP’s ‘India Shining’ balloon bursting in previous elections, he contended that the Congress had tried its best to burst the Gujarat development balloon but the people had rejected its move. Slamming Congress for not addressing the real issues of development and corruption, Modi said, “If this country has to progress, we will have to give good governance. Bad governance is like diabetes. It can finish everything.” “Congress does not want to resolve the issue of corruption. They have admitted that corruption cannot be tackled,” he added. He said that the time has come for the people to change Congress rule which has become the synonymous for the corruption. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, party president Sanjay Tandon, former Member of Parliament Satya Pal Jain and former Union Minster Harmohan Dhawan among those who were present on the occasion. Modi said said that winds of the change had already started and it would turn into tsunami after the elections. He said that the rising inflation and the corruption was the result of bad governance the nation was witnessing during the UPA rule. Attacking the government on its foreign policy, Modi said that the red carpet welcome was given by the Central government to the leaders of Pakistan when our jawans’ blood was boiling over the heinous act of cutting a head of solider. He asked why the government took the issue of the one rank, one pension at the time of the election while it has been lingering on for long. He said that had the NDA government won the election in 2004, the issue would have been solved. Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the people of the country were discarding Congress all over India. The party has only involved in the corruption and scams during its long rule of 60 years . Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has said that Punjab Congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh was being led to the sacrificial altar by Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa, who had conspired to get him and other senior leaders fielded from the state, after Bajwa was forced to contest from Gurdaspur. “Mark my words. Partap Bajwa is the PPCC president and he would never digest Amarinder emerging victorious from Amritsar. Amarinder’s campaign is destined to be sabotaged from within by Bajwa, which will ensure his rout,” Sukhbir asserted in a statement released here, on Saturday. Explaining his views, he said, “Bajwa became jittery after being forced to fight from Gurdaspur and mooted the idea of fielding all the supposed heavyweights of the party. The purpose was to guard his flanks as he knows he will lose the election. He did not want to lose his PPCC presidentship and that is why he conspired to make all the senior leaders fight the elections.” SAD president said it is not only Bajwa, who wanted to ensure Amarinder’s defeat. “Even the Congress rank and file want to teach him a lesson for leading Punjab Congress to two successive Assembly defeats. The Congress worker can never forget the arrogance displayed by Amarinder during the run-up to the last Assembly elections and is waiting to teach him a lesson for remaining inaccessible to the ordinary worker and relying on a coterie, which included people who shared the same royal lifestyle and had nothing to do with the people or politics,” he recalled. Sukhbir further said that last but not the least, even people who had gathered at Amritsar on Friday to welcome Amarinder would not be seen again. “More than 80 per cent of the crowd had been hired on daily wages and consisted of outsiders and people who did not even have their vote in Amritsar,” he claimed. SAD chief also said that Amarinder was in the habit of conducting such fake shows. “He did it earlier when he was re-nominated as PPCC president in the run-up to the last Assembly elections. Like this time, then also he had hired a crowd to show the high command that the people of the state were with him. Even this time, he has done the same to prove his popularity before the party high command. ‘The Congress leadership may be fooled by such tactics but Amarinder has been thoroughly exposed before the people of Punjab and they will teach him an appropriate lesson in the forthcoming parliamentary elections,” he asserted.

We say we’re different

CHANDIGARH : Story writer-turned-director Amrik Gill has come out with his maiden directorial venture, Kirpaan—The Sword of Honour. Having written successful Bollywood movies including Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Yaadein and Punjabi films such as Tera Mera Ki Rishta and Yaaran Naal Baharan, Gill released the movie poster with producer Rajinder Pal Singh Banwait, Roshan Prince, Gurleen Chopra, Sameksha Singh and Shivendra Mahal. Gill said that woven around slavery, the movie is a modern saga of family values and patriotism. It has been shot in Punjab, London and Mumbai and would be released on February 7. “Instead of banking on tried and tested formula of love and comedy in Punjabi films, Kirpaan—The Sword of Honour will experiment with a whole new genre of films,” said Sameksha, who has given successful performances in Lucky Di Unlcuky Story and Jatts in Golmaal.

Police use water canons on protesting lawyers in Chandigarh

Chandigarh : Police used water cannons against lawyers of Punjab and Haryana High Court here today as the advocates tried to break barricades while protesting the registration of case against some of their fellow members for allegedly manhandling a cop recently. The members of Punjab and Haryana high court bar association assembled here at the court premises and marched toward UT administrator and Punjab governor Shivraj V Patil's official residence, police said. They were stopped near Rock garden by police, but after convincing the police that they will peacefully submit a memorandum to the Governor, they were allowed to move ahead. As they reached the residence of the Governor, some of the advocates broke the barricades and demanded to go inside, when police resorted to the use of water cannons against them, following which the advocates dispersed from the spot. Meanwhile, the bar association continued with its indefinite strike to protest against the registration of an FIR against 20 lawyers allegedly involved in thrashing of a cop on the court premises recently. The FIR was registered on Monday against former Additional Advocate General (AAG) Punjab Rupinder Singh Khosla and 19 other High court lawyers. The remaining lawyers who had allegedly thrashed Ramesh Chand, a head constable with the Chandigarh police on February 26 are yet to be identified, police said. Terming it a "conspiracy" hatched by Chandigarh Police against the lawyers community the Bar association had labelled the FIR as "concocted and false". Meanwhile, Khosla alleged, "I am the victim in the case, I was punched by the cop in full public view. I did not touch him yet an FIR was registered against me. This is a lopsided inquiry by Chandigarh Police to save the skin of their official who is at fault." The bar association demanded that the condition to carry smart cards for entering the court should be abolished.