The court rejected Raghubar Das’ suit in 1886, denying the Hindus any ownership over the area, and refusing permission for them to build a temple there. From initial records, it appears that the site of the chabutra was claimed to be Ram’s birthplace, not the area under the dome of the Babri Masjid itself. ![]() The ‘chabutra’, a raised platform for worship, had been built there after violence between Hindus and Muslims between 18, which originated over Muslim claims that the Hanumangarhi Hindu temple nearby had been built over a mosque. ![]() After having been refused permission to build a temple at the ‘Ram Chabutra’ area adjoining the mosque, Mahant Raghubar Das filed a title suit in the district court in Faizabad, seeking a right to ownership over the land. The first legal dispute over the area came in 1885.
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