Two of the three judges had said that the disputed land in Ayodhya would be divided into three parts, one for the Hindus, one for the Muslims and one for the Nirmohi Akhara, one of the parties in the case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and lawyer Ravi Shankar Prasad said here Thursday after the verdict.

Ayodhya Verdict: Land to be divided in three ways

In a judgement much awaited by India, the Allahabad High Court Thursday ruled that the spot in Ayodhya where a makeshift temple was built hastily after razing the Babri mosque in 1992 was indeed where Hindu god Ram was born, lawyers said.

By a majority decision, the Lucknow bench of the high court also declared that the land around the disputed site would be divided into three parts -- one going to Hindus, another to Muslims and the third to Nirmohi Akhara, a Hindu sect and a litigant in the case.

Lawyers K.N. Bhat and Ravi Shankar Prasad, representing two of the Hindu litigants, said the bench had decided that Lord Ram was born where the Babri mosque was built in the 16th century.

"All the three judges, including S.U. Khan, are unanimous in accepting that the idol of Ram cannot be removed from the place where it is installed right now," Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

Dismissing the 60-year-old title suit filed by the Sunni Waqf Board, the judges said that none of the litigants would take any action on the land for the next three months.

Help build a temple, Hindu lawyer Prasad tells Muslims
Ravi Shankar Prasad urged Muslims to help build a grand temple for the Hindu god Ram at the site where a makeshift temple now stands.

The BJP leaderu00a0underlined that the judges had ruled by majority that the place where the makeshift temple for Ram was built in December 1992 after the razing of the Babri mosque is where Lord Ram was born.

"After this ruling, I make an humble appeal to the Muslims of this country, please accept this verdict, please help in the construction of a temple... It will lead to a new brotherhood in the country," he said.

The lawyer added that he was making the appeal not as a BJP leader but as a citizen of India.

Sunni Wakf Board to approach Supreme Court
The Sunni Wakf Board said Thursday that it will approach the Supreme Court after the Allahabad High Court gave its verdict in favour of a temple on the disputed Ayodhya title suit.

"We will approach the Supreme Court," said Zafaryab Jillani, counsel for the Sunni Wakf Board told reporters.

He also added: "This (verdict) is not a victory for any community."

We will study Ayodhya judgment first: Law minister Moily
Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Thursday said the government would study the Ayodhya judgment first and did not feel there was any "contingency" for it to step in.

"The judgment has to be seen. Let the text of the judgment come. It is not right for me as a law minister to comment," Moily told reporters after a three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court ruled in favour of a temple at the disputed site.

Asked what was the stand of the government, which is custodian of the site, he said: "No doubt, we are custodians of the place, but there is no contingency for us to step in."