501 paras 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the affidavit as under: **6- eSa v;ks/;k tc vk;k vius ckck ds lkFk rks cjkcj eafnj guqeku x<+h o izfl) eafnj Jh jketUe Hkwfe dk n'kZu fd;kA tc cM+k gks x;k rks Lo;a v;ks/;k n'kZu djus vkrk Fkk vkSj lj;w Luku Hkh djrk Fkk rFkk iapdkslh o pkSng dkslh ifjdzek Hkh fd;k gSA** **6- I regularly had ‘Darshan’ (offering of prayer by sight) of Hanumangarhi temple and famous Sri Ramjanmbhumi temple, when I came to Ayodhya along with my grandfather. When I grew up, I came to Ayodhya to have ‘Darshan’ and also took holy dip in the Saryu and also performed ‘Panchkosi’ (distance of five kose, one kose being equal to two miles) and ‘Chaudahkosi’ (distance of fourteen kose) circumambulation.” (E.T.C.) **7- v;ks/;k esa rhu esys gksrs gS ftlesa ckgj ns'k ds dksus dksus ls J)kyq HkDr dh Jhjke tUeHkwfe eafnj dk n'kZu djus vkrs gSa vkSj eafnj Jh jke tUe Hkwfe fojkteku Hkxoku jkeyyk dk n'kZu djrs gSaa A** **7- Three fairs are held at Ayodhya,in which devotees from different corners of country and abroad come to have ‘Darshan’ of Sri Ramjanmbhumi temple and have the ‘Darshan’ of Lord Ramlala present in Sri Ramjanmbhumi temple.” (E.T.C.) **8- Hkhrj yksgs ds lh[kps okyk Hkkx o rhuksa f'k[kj ds uhps tgkWa Hkxoku jke yyk fojkteku igys ls Fks dks ysdj] vktknh feyus ds nks lky ckn dqdZ gks x;k] rc eSa iUnzg lky dk FkkA** **8- The inner iron grill portion and the (area) under the three domes, where Lord Ramlala had existed from earlier times, were both attached within two years after independence. I was aged 15 years at that time.” (E.T.C.) **9- Hkhrj okys Hkkx esa dqdhZ ds igys ls eSa Hkxoku jkeyyk dk n'kZu djrk jgk gwWaA Hkhrj okys Hkkx dk 502 bartke esjs xkao ds fueksZgh v[kkM+s okys djrs FksA fueksZgh v[kkMk ds iwoZ e0 j?kqukFk nkl dks eSa ns[kk FkkA - - - - jketUe Hkwfe eafnj Hkh fueksZgh v[kkM+s dk eafnj gSA** **9- I used to have ‘Darshan’ of Lord Ramlala in the inner part, prior to its attachment. The management of the inner part was carried out by the Nirmohi Akhara people of my village. I had seen the earlier M. Raghunath Das of Nirmohi Akhara. .The Ramjanmbhumi temple is also a temple of Nirmohi Akhara.” (E.T.C.) **12- eSa tc igyh ckj vius ckck ds lkFk n'kZu djus 12 lky dh viuh mez esa x;k Fkk rks eq>s esjs ckck us v[kkM+s ds cynso nkl o jkey[ku nkl xksydh dks fn[kk dj crk;k Fkk ogha ogka ij iqtkjh xksydh Fks rFkk fueksZgh v[kkMk ds vkSj lk/kq Hkk"dj nkl] jkenso nkl] igkM+h ckck o 6&7 lk/kq ogka jgrs FksA** **12- When I first went to have ‘Darshan’ along with my grandfather at the age of 12 years, my grandfather had introduced me to Akhara’s Baldev Das and Ram Lakhan Das, Golki and told that they were the priest- Golki and that other saints of Nirmohi Akhara viz. Bhaskar Das, Ramdev Das, Pahari Baba and 6-7 saints used to live there.” (E.T.C.) **13- eSaus dqdhZ ds igys tc&tc Jh jke tUeHkwfe ds Hkhrjh Hkkx esa Hkxoku jke yyk dk n'kZu djus x;k rc&rc ogka lkjk bartke o dCtk fueksZgh v[kkMk ds mijksDr lk/kqvksa dks ns[kkA fueksZgh v[kkM+k ds lk/kq o iqtkjh lHkh HkDrksa o n'kZukfFkZ;ksa dks pj.kke`r nsrs] p<+kok ysrs o izlkn nsrs Fks fueksZgh v[kkMk ds iqtkjh ckck cynso nkl ;k Hkk"dj nkl vFkok nwljs lk/kqvksa dks ns[kk gSA dqdhZ ds igys gh vUnj tkdj eSaus n'kZu Hkxoku jkeyyk dk fd;k gS vkSj dqdhZ ckn lh[kps okys njoktk ls ckgj ls Hkxoku jke yyk dk n'kZu gksrk jgk gSA ogha rFkk ckgj ls vkus okys HkDr Hkh izlkn] iSlk o Qwy jkepcwrjk eafUnj ij p<+krs Fks ftls fueksZgh v[kkM+k ds iqtkjh ysrs FksA** 503 **13- Whenever, prior to the attachment, I went inside the Sri Ramjanmbhumi to have ‘Darshan’ of Lord Ramlala, I found the above saints of Nirmohi Akhara to have been in complete management and possession over there. The saints- priests of Nirmohi Akhara used to give ‘Charnamrit’ (ambrosia of the feet of a deity), accept the offerings and distribute the ‘Prasad’ to all the devotees. I had seen Nirmohi Akhara’s priest Baba Baldev Das or Bhaskar Das or other saints. I had the ‘Darshan’ of Lord Ramlala from inside prior to the attachment and from outside the grill gate after the attachment. The devotees used to offer sweets, money and flowers at the Ramchabutara temple from there and outside, which were accepted by the priest of the Nirmohi Akhara.” (E.T.C.) **14- vkt ls 20 ;k 22 lky igys ckgjh Hkkx Hkh fjlhoj ds ikl gks x;k ysfdu n'kZu ge yksxksa dks cjkcj gksrk jgkA** **14- The outer part also went under the control of the Receiver, about 20 or 22 years back, but we continued to have the ‘Darshan’ regularly.” (E.T.C.) **15- 10]12] lky igys dqN ckgjh o Hkhrjh Hkkx HkhM+ us fxjk fn;k rc Hkh Hkxoku jkeyyk y[kuyky o guqeku th rEcw esa oSls gh fojkteku gSa vkSj n'kZu yksgksa ds ikbZi ls ?ksjs jkLrs ls gksrk gSA** **15- Some inner and outer part was demolished by the crowd about 10-12 years back, still Lord Ramlala, Lakhanlal and Hanuman ji exist in the tent in similar fashion and the ‘Darshan’ takes place through the path bounded by iron pipes.” (E.T.C.) **16- eSaus Hkhrjh o ckgjh Hkkx tc ls ns'k dh vktknh ds ,d lky igys ls tk jgk gwWa lnSo efUnj ds rkSj ij ik;k Hkxoku fojkteku ik;k gS vkSj n'kZu o iwtk gksrs ns[kk gSA** **16- Since I started visiting one year prior to 504 independence, I always found the inner and outer part to be a temple, found the God present and found the ‘Darshan’ and worshipping going on.” (E.T.C.) **17- ckgj gkrs okys Hkkx esa jkepcwrjk eafnj f'konjckj] NV~Bh iwtk LFky o Hk.Mkj o lar fuokl vkfn gSA jkepcwrjk eafnj ij eSa tc ls gks'k lEHkkys gwW] dCtk fueksZgh v[kkMk okyksa dk ns[kk gSA ;g Hkkx ;kuh ckgjh gkrk okyk Hkkx vkil dh yM+kbZ esa dqdZ gqvkA ckgjh gkrs esa lar fuokl Hk.Mkj x`g esa fueksZgh v[kkMk ds lk/kq jgrs FksA NV~Bh iwtk LFky o f'konjckj dk bartke fueksZgh v[kkMk ds yksx djrs jgs gSaA** **17- The Ramchabutara temple, Shiv Darbar, Chhathi worship place, store room and accommodation of saints exist in the outer courtyard part. Since I attained maturity, I found the Nirmohi Akhara people to be in possession over the Ramchabutara temple. This part i.e. the outer courtyard part had been attached in mutual conflict. The saints of Nirmohi Akhara used to live in the saints’ accommodation, store room in the outer courtyard. The Nirmohi Akhara people used to manage the Chhathi worship place and Shiv Darbar.” (E.T.C.) 391. In para 18 he says that never in his conscious he has seen any Muslim offering Namaz in Ramjanambhumi either inside or outside courtyard. 392. D.W. 3/13, Mahant Ram Subhag Das Shastri, son of Sri Ram Raj Singh, is resident of Mohalla Mandir Ram Mahal. Mohalla Katra, Pargana Haveli Avadh, Ayodhya, District Faizabad aged about 86 years (as per his affidavit dated 5.7.2004). He was cross examined as under: (a) 05.07.2004- by Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, defendant no. 17 and Umesh Chandra Pandey, defendant no. 22 (Suit-4) through Sri Vireshwar Dwivedi, Advocate (p. 12- 13) 505 (b) 05.07.2004- by Mahant Suresh Das, defendant no. 2/1 (Suit-4) through Sri Madan Mohan Pandey, Advocate (p. 13-14) (c) 05.07.2004- by plaintiffs (Suit-5) through Sri Ved Prakash, Advocate (p. 14) (d) 05/06.07.2004- by Mohd. Faruk Ahmad, defendant no. 11, through Sri Abdul Mannan, Advocate (p. 15-25) (e) 06/07/08/09/19/20/21.07.2004- by Sunni Central Waqf Board, defendant no. 9, through Sri Zafaryab Jilani, Advocate (p. 25-108) (f) 21/22.07.2004-by plaintiff no. 7 (Suit-4) and defendant no. 5 (Suit-5) Mohd. Hashim through Sri Mustaq Ahmad Siddiqui, Advocate (p. 108-) (g) 22.07.2004- defendant no. 6/1 through Sri Irfan Ahmad, Advocate and defendant no. 6/2 through Sri Fazale Alam, Advocate adopted the cross examination already done by Sri Abdul Mannan, Sri Zafaryab Jilani and Sri Mustaq Ahmad Siddiqui, Advocates (p. 120) 393. He belong to State of Bihar and came to Ayodhya in December 1933. He became disciple of Ramanandiya Vairagi Sadhu sect in the State of Bihar itself and joined as disciple of Sri Janki Das Ji Maharaj, who had no permanent place to stay but remained continuously on pilgrimage and was related to Nirmohi Akhara. Guru of Sri Janki Das was Sri Bihari Saran Ji Maharaj who got constructed Ram Mahal Mandir in Mohalla Katra in 1927 whereat presently the witness is Mahant. He studied Sanskrit at Ayodhya since 1936 and obtained degree of Shastri.