Jalandhar: Protest intensifies, highways blocked amid Punjab Bandh over Ravidas temple demolition
Rajan Nath
August 13th 2019 01:51 PM
Jalandhar: As many as hundreds of people from Ravidas Community have shut down the Jalandhar city by blocking highways amid Punjab Bandh over Ravidas temple demolition, here on Tuesday. The protest has erupted following the demolition of 500-year-old Ravidas Temple located in Tuglakabad, Delhi. As per reports, the temple was dedicated to Guru Ravidas in the late 15th century. Meanwhile, the protests erupted in the places of Punjab, which includes Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Phagwara, Gurdaspur, and Amritsar, following the Ravidas temple demolition.