The Vishwa Hindu Parishad carried out nationwide mobilisation for erecting a temple at the disputed site, and donations were collected.
Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani jumped into the fray. He led a Somnath to Ayodhya yatra for building the Ramjanmabhoomi temple, but his yatra was halted in Samstipur by Lalu Prasad's government in Bihar,
