Why Mahatma Gandhi Would Not Have Wanted A Grand New Temple in Ayodhya, Hindustan Times

In 1932, a young Christian priest named Verrier Elwin was thrown out of his Church. Educated at Oxford, Elwin made his home among the Gonds of central India. He sought to bring education and health care to the adivasis, but refused to take the Gospel to them, out of respect for their own spiritual traditions. For this, he was expelled from the priesthood by his Bishop.

Verrier Elwin knew and admired Mahatma Gandhi. When he wrote to him about his excommunication, Gandhi wrote back: ‘Your pulpi...