Destroyed Mandirs of Bangladesh Exhibit 1: Ramna Kali Mandir and Maa Anandamoyee Ashram
Ramna Kali Temple: The 500 year old famed spiral temple was considered a symbol of Hinduism in Bangladesh A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY THE COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY The Pakistani Army in Bangladesh (Former East Pakistan) attacked and destroyed the historic Temple of the Hindu Goddess Kali located at Ramna on March 27, 1971. In the neighboring area, they attacked the famed Ma Anandmoyee Ashram, killing more than one hundred men, women and children. A Public Commission was constituted on March 27, 2000 to investigate the attack. The Chairman of the commission Justice K. M. Sobhan submitted a preliminary report on September 27, 2000 at the National Press Club in Dhaka. The report, as submitted, is given below: At the early stages of the freedom struggle in 1971, the historic Ramna Kali Temple and the monastery of Ma Anandamoyee were turned into rubbles by the Pakistani occupation army and they killed well over a hundred people, including the Swamijis, worshippers, devotees, and the common