VASCO
Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho on Friday evening donated Rs 2,00,001 to the Ram Mandir construction fund and said the temple would further unite Indians.
Godinho handed over the cheque to Vishwa Hindu Parishad Matt Mandir Mormugao Taluka President Shyamsundar Nayak in the presence of Dabolim BJP Mandal President Sandeep Sood, former minister Rajendra Arlekar, Chicalim Deputy Sarpanch Kamla Prasad Yadav and others.
Later speaking to reporters, Godinho said Ram Mandir was the identity of India and donating to the temple would bond people with the temple and make them feel they are a part of the Ram Mandir being built in Ayodhya.
Appealing to people to donate generously for the cause, Godinho said people should not have any religious misunderstandings and the temple would further unite Indians.
"Any amount donated to the cause is valuable because it will make them connected with the temple and remind them of their contribution.”
“This temple will further bind Indians together and make our identities stronger as Indians who have always lived in interreligious harmony and respected different faiths and religions," said Godinho.
VHP Mutt Mandir Mormugao Taluka President Shyamsundar Nayak said an initiative was taken under ‘Shri Ram Mandir Nirman Nidhi Samarpan Abhiyaan’ where the VHP would visit people to seek donations for the temple construction.
"We are getting tremendous response from not only Hindus but people from other religions. The money collected through this initiative will be handed over to a Trust ‘Shree Ram Janma Bhoomi Teertha Kshetra’ and the trust will use the funds collected from across India for the construction of the temple at Ayodhya," said Nayak.
