What is Nirmohi Akhara?

BANGALORE, INDIA: Who won the Ayodhya legal battle? There is no clearcut answer. But there is one winner for sure — both online and offline. That was the Nirmohi Akhada (Akhara), which assumed a celebrity status within minutes of the verdict.

Immediately after the result, what aroused the curiosity of the users was Nirmohi Akhada, one of the main litigants in the Ayodhya dispute, which was sort of non-entity so far. “What is Nirmohi Akhara? And what does it have to do with Sita's kitchen?” the netizens asked in a united voice?, referring to the verdict that said the akhara would get the areas named Sita Rasoi and Ram Chabutara at the disputed site.

“Nirmohi Akhara is not on any social networking site, has no website, does not have a Twitter handle and no wikipage. How are we supposed to know about it?” asked a netizen. And from that question by many users took birth many blogs too. Also, now Nirmohi Akhara has got a Wikipedia page too. Soon you can expect a website also!!!

According to the Wikipedia page of Nirmohi Akhada, “Nirmohi Akhara is an institution promoting Indian cultural ethos. The group has been in light with connection to the Ayodhya debate since 1959 when it filed a suit to take over the disputed site of Babri Mosque.

“On September 30, 2010, a Lucknow panel of three judges of the Allahabad High Court pronounced the verdict on the case deciding to give a third part of the land to each party with Nirmohi Akhara getting the Sita Rasoi and Ram Chabutara.

To know the impact of the trend setting word just type the word 'nirmohi' on Google and you will see over 1,10,000 results.

“At the end of the day, we should all remember it isn’t about Hindus or Muslims. The real question is ‘What is a Nirmohi Akhada?” read a tweet.

On Twitter too, Nirmohi Akhara topped its worldwide trending, followed by Allahabad High Court, Ayodhya verdict and #Ayodhya.

As the Akhada became the star of the day, one Twitter user commented: “And now there's perceptible increase in Nirmohi Akhada's membership. Everyone wanna have a slice, so to say!”

And another one had a genuine observation: “Equal shares for temple, mosque and Nirmohi Akhara. Whats interesting is that Nirmohi means “Group Without Attachment". Let peace prevail.

And from that peace perspective, commented another microblogger: “Pray karo mandir masjid mein. Ladna ho to akhada side main hai (Pray in temple and masjid and if you want to fight the akhada is nearby)!. hat underscores the sentiments of an average Indian — let's not fight over religion and faith.