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A sant in Ayodhya says he's willing to make land available for a mosque -- if it's named after APJ Abdul Kalam, whom he hails as a patriot.
But Babar, he said, referring to the Mughal emperor whose eponymous mosque was razed to rubble by kar sevaks in 1992, was a foreigner and a "terrorist".
Located in Uttar Pradesh, Ayodhya is the city millions of Hindus revere as the birthplace of Lord Ram.
In 2010, the Allahabad High Court ruled that the former site of the Babri Masjid should be divided into three parts. The decision was challenged in the Supreme Court.
Now, the top court has referred the dispute to panel of mediators chaired by one of its former judges.
The sant who said he would give land for an "Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Masjid" told India Today TV he welcomed the Supreme Court's decision.
The mediation panel will begin work in a week.
It will submit an interim report four weeks later. Then, it will have four more weeks to mediate, and can ask for an extension if it needs one.
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