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1.These are the original idols of Shri Rama, Lakshmana & Sita which were removed & sent to a safe place before Ram Mandir was desecrated by #Babur. When Babur marched into #Ayodhya, the caretaker of the Temple Pandit Shyamanand Maharaj fled Ayodhya along with

2 the idols & handed them over to Swami Eknath Maharaj of Paithan. Later these idols were handed over to the Guru of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Swami Samarth Ramdas.
When Swami Samarth was on a tour of South India, he placed those idols on the banks of the holy sangam of rivers

3 Tunga & Bhadra forming #Tungabhadra in a small town called #Harihar, Karnataka.
The idols have been worshipped since then by the Gurus of Narayan Ashram in Harihar. There was a huge celebration in Harihar after the Ayodhya verdict. The people of Harihar & the Narayan Ashram are

4 Now preparing to return back the idols to Shri Rama's Birth place, Ayodhya. This is the depth of our #devotion. Today the value of these idols would be several crores in the international artefact market
Still they are going to return to the original Temple. Think of our piety

5. Truthfulness & devotion
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