Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan graced a key event at the Vice President’s Enclave in New Delhi, launching former bureaucrat Surendra Kumar Pachauri’s insightful book ‘Chalice of Ambrosia: Ram Janmabhoomi – Challenge and Response’. The release spotlights the epic reclamation of Lord Ram’s birthplace after relentless pursuit.
Radhakrishnan commended the author for a nuanced, compassionate chronicle devoid of hype, encapsulating the historic struggle. He hailed Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir as a defining moment in Bharat’s cultural odyssey, uniting piety, legacy, legal rigor, and people’s will honorably.
‘Even amid myriad temples, the Janmabhoomi edifice is singularly sacred,’ he stressed. Positioning Ram as Bharat’s and dharma’s heartbeat, he proclaimed truth’s invincibility and dharma’s resilience. Drawing from Gandhiji’s Ram Rajya ideal, he envisioned it as justice, parity, and esteem personified.
The long-drawn courtroom saga pained him, yet showcased India’s judicial fortitude. ‘Faith nationwide, yet verdict on proofs alone—befitting democracy’s motherland,’ he remarked. The 2019 apex court decision crowned decades of yearning, scripting history and resurrecting collective self-esteem.
Discussing history’s craft, he advocated detachment and veracity. Pachauri vividly portrays the movement’s crux, rectifying archival voids to immortalize modern sacrifices for descendants. ASI digs uncovering ancient remnants swayed the outcome, met with ecstatic public fervor and the trust’s phenomenal ₹3,000 crore global collections.
Evoking personal memory, Radhakrishnan shared his mother’s 1990s shila pooja role. He applauded PM Modi’s vision framing temple revival as democratic maturity and heritage revival, the 2023 consecration flag event etching emotional bonds across India. Ram’s timeless draw transcends borders—Ayodhya to Rameshwaram, Fiji shores to Cambodian temples—preaching supremacy in ethics and empathy over empires. He implored embracing Ram’s tenets, felicitating Pachauri and anticipating the book’s vast impact.