| Hard-line Hindus vowed to hold a prayer ceremony at the Indian holy site of Ayodhya after Muslim leaders rejected proposals to try to halt violence in which more than 700 have died. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said it would hold the ceremony in the northern town on March 15 and wanted Hindus across the country to join similar ceremonies. "The entire country will become Ayodhya," VHP leader Praveen Togadia told a news conference. Hard-line Hindus believe the 16th-century Babri mosque was built by Muslim Moghul invaders on the birthplace of the Hindu god-king Ram, and want to build a temple there to set right the insult they believe their religion suffered at the time. |