India Violence
Add to Lightbox DownloadHindus wash after making prayers to Lord Shiva at the river Saruj in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya at sunrise March 12, 2002. Today is Shiva Ratri, a holiday to honor Lord Shiva when he was married. There is a quiet but tense atmosphere as the country waits to see what India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) will do to to cool tensions between Muslims and Hindus . The BJP, which heads the coalition government, is under pressure to rein in its erstwhile hard-line Hindu allies -- whose plans to build a temple on March 15 near the site of a razed mosque are helping to fuel the tensions. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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