VHP, Bajrang Dal workers carrying sticks chase media persons out of the area surrounding Babri Masjid. Archival photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu activists climb up the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished by end of the day.
Hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Mahant Nitya Gopal Das addressing a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu holy men coming out of a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu holy men coming out of a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Members of the Dharam Sansad coming out after a meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu holy men coming out of a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
VHP President Ashok Singhal coming out of a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Mahant Nitya Gopal Das with other hindu holy men coming out of a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
RSS, Bajrang Dal and VHP activists practicing pulling douwn structure near Babri Masjid, Ayodhya. A day later, activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
RSS, Bajrang Dal and VHP activists practicing pulling douwn structure near Babri Masjid, Ayodhya. A day later, activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu holy men coming out of a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu holy men coming out of a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
UP Policemen around the Babri Masjid Complex in Ayodhya, December 1992. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Kar Sevaks resting on partially carved stone pillars for Sri Ram Mandir near the disputed site in Ayodhya, December 1992. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Lathi weilding UP policemen outside the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya December 1992. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
A sadhu stands near thee Babri Masjid complex in Ayodhya December 1992. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
Hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar
