Ayodhya mosque project begins with flag-hoisting ceremony, plantation drive

The project to build a mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya city formally began on Tuesday with a flag-hoisting ceremony and a tree plantation drive.

The ceremony was performed in the morning by members of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, the trust which has been tasked with constructing the mosque in the city’s Dhannipur village. The construction will take place on a 5-acre plot given to the trust following the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute case.

The national flag was hoisted at the site by the trust’s chief Zafar Ahmad Farooqui and five other trustees. All the 12 members of the trust planted one tree sapling each, according to NDTV.

Farooqui told the news channel that construction will begin after soil testing reports and the approval of maps. “We have appealed for donations for the mosque and people have already started contributing,” he added.