JABALPUR;Happy with Saturday’s Supreme Court order that paved the way for a Ram Temple at a disputed site in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, Urmila Chaturvedi wants her kin to write a letter of thanks to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, he said.

The Supreme Court on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.

In one of the most important and most anticipated judgements in India’s history, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi put an end to the more than a century-old dispute that has torn the social fabric of the nation.

“My mother was on a fruit and milk diet for the past 27 years. She was 54 at the time when she started this. She is very happy with the Supreme Court verdict,” her son Amit Chaturvedi told PTI.

“She has asked me to write a letter of thanks to the CJI. My mother is an ardent devotee of Lord Ram and was waiting for a solution to the Ayodhya dispute,” he added.

He said his mother, a Sanskrit teacher at private institutions, was very upset over the violence that engulfed the nation after the Babri Masjid was demolished on December 6, 1992.

“Thereafter she resolved to observe a partial fast, limiting her diet to milk and fruits, till the Ayodhya dispute was resolved. She stood by the diet, despite relatives requesting her several times to call it off,” Amit said.

He said the family will soon organise “Udyapan”, a ceremony to conclude the fast, as her wish has been fulfilled.

He added that his mother was not associated with any political or religious outfit.