New Act In Temple Tales: Romancing The Stones

The shabbily produced booklet is titled ‘Ram Mandir Ka Sampoorna Itihas’. Sixty-year-old Mythili Rao flips through this ‘history book’ at the tiny stall near the entrance of Mandir Nirman Karyashala. Her eyes light up when the pushy seller tells her that it’s also available in Telugu as well. She instantly buys one and asks him, as if on cue: “patthar kahan rakhe hain” (where have the stones been kept)?