Raghu Rai - IND.Uttar Pradesh.Ayodhya. Riots.

Police watch helplessly as rioters take over the mosque. Graffiti of Lord Ram.

Demonstrators arrive in Ayodha from all over India. Devotees walking along banks of Gomati River.

Hindu holy men try to calm the rioting.

Hindu holy man meditates in pit within the outer mosque compound.

Demonstrators scale final fences into the compound at the heart of the mosque.

Women from Kerala in peaceful demonstration prior to riot breaking out.

Police watch helplessly as rioters take over the mosque.

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