This work is dedicated to Mahant Laldas who was shot dead under suspicious circumstances in the night of November 16, 1993. Laldas was appointed by a court of law as the chief priest in the Ramjanmabhomi temple 1983 and continued in the position until the year 1992. The Babri Masjid was destroyed on December 6, 1992 and Laldas opposed the demolition of Babri Masjid.
I get inspiration from the documentary on Babri Masjid, named “in the name of God” directed by Anand Patwardhan, to do this photographic performance. I think, the incident happened in 1992 for the sake of the birth place of Lord Rama was a re-interpretation of the myth by the Hindu fundamentalist group and they created a drama to manipulate and provoke the people.
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In my work I am using some still images from the documentary to represent my ideas and the figurative image, anthropomorphic from is re-interpretation of a mythological character from Hindu epic. Times to time people are re-interpreting mythological stories in different manner. The constructed narratives in this work are not only reflecting the incident of 1992, metaphorically it is also related to the all narratives of violence, and conflict between communities because of religion.
Photograph by Kushal Saikia.
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