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The site is the former location of the [[Babri Masjid]] which was built in 16th century CE after the demolition of an existing non-Islamic structure. The idols of Rama and Sita were placed in the mosque in 1949, before it was [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid|attacked and demolished in 1992]].<ref name="Kishore" /><ref name="Sethi 2021 p. 154">{{cite book | last=Sethi | first=M. | title=Communities and Courts: Religion and Law in Modern India | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series | year=2021 | isbn=978-1-00-053785-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVtQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 | page=154 | access-date=13 January 2024 | archive-date=13 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113155847/https://books.google.com/books?id=MVtQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lal |first=Makkhan |date=2019-03-20 |title=Historical texts prove that a temple was destroyed in Ayodhya to build the Babri Masjid |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/historical-texts-prove-that-a-temple-was-destroyed-in-ayodhya-to-build-the-babri-masjid/208224/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US |archive-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224105211/https://theprint.in/opinion/historical-texts-prove-that-a-temple-was-destroyed-in-ayodhya-to-build-the-babri-masjid/208224/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, the [[Supreme Court of India]] delivered the [[2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute|verdict]] to give the [[Ayodhya dispute|disputed land]] to Hindus for construction of a temple, while Muslims would be given land elsewhere to [[Mohammed Bin Abdullah Masjid|construct a mosque]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-10-16 |title=Ayodhya dispute: The complex legal history of India's holy site |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 |access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017092145/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 |url-status=live }}</ref> The court referenced a report from the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI) as evidence suggesting the presence of a structure beneath the demolished Babri Masjid, that was found to be non-[[Islam]]ic.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-10-16 |title=Ayodhya dispute: The complex legal history of India's holy site |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 |access-date=2023-12-27 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017092145/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, ASI claims were [[Archaeology of Ayodhya|heavily disputed by critics]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Betwa |title=Babri Revisited: ASI Suppressed Animal Bone Findings At Mosque Site |url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/babri-asi-suppressed-animal-bone-findings-at-mosque-site_in_5c42c412e4b0a8dbe1718924 |website=HuffPost |access-date=January 16, 2024 |date=January 20, 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116120450/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/babri-asi-suppressed-animal-bone-findings-at-mosque-site_in_5c42c412e4b0a8dbe1718924 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=thehindu-03Oct10>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article809521.ece| title=Ayodhya verdict yet another blow to secularism: Sahmat|date =3 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |access-date=1 November 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063051/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article809521.ece| archive-date= 6 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> as contradictory, dubious, and being the product of nationalistic manipulation.<ref name="Habib et al (2010)">{{Cite book |last=Habib |first=Irfan |url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryJudgementOfAllahabadHighCourtInRamjanmabhumibabriMasjidCase/mode/2up |title=History & Judgement of Allahabad High Court in Ramjanmabhumi and Babri Masjid Case |date=3 January 2011 |work=Aligarh Historians Society |access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Archeologist Who Observed Dig Says No Evidence of Temple Under Babri Masjid |url=https://thewire.in/history/babri-masjid-asi-excavation-ayodhya-ram-temple |website=The Wire |access-date=January 17, 2024 |date=December 6, 2022 |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401222754/https://thewire.in/history/babri-masjid-asi-excavation-ayodhya-ram-temple |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pankaj |first1=Jayant |title=Rama Janmabhoomi Issue: Exposing the myth behind the narrative |url=https://www.internationalmagz.com/articles/rama-jamnabhoomi-issue |website=The International |access-date=January 17, 2024 |date=December 6, 2021 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529053114/https://internationalmagz.com/articles/rama-jamnabhoomi-issue |url-status=live }}</ref>