Spl.Photos: Ayodhya from 1528 to 2010

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2004: A Congress-led government returned to power at the Centre, after the general elections threw up what many saw as a surprise result.

2004: In November, an Uttar Pradesh court ruled that an earlier order which exonerated LK Advani for his role in the destruction of the mosque should be reviewed.

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2007: The Supreme Court refused to admit a review petition on the Ayodhya dispute.

2009: The Liberhan Commission, which was instituted ten days after the demolition of the Barbri mosque in 1992, submitted its report on June 30 - almost 17 years after it began its inquiry. Its contents were not made public.

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2010: The High Court bench in Lucknow hearing the title suit case, said it would pronounce verdict on September 24, Friday last. Days later , a plea to defer verdict on the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit was rejected by the Allahabad High Court.

The petitioner, Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, then approached the Supreme Court, which stayed the High Court verdict on Friday. The two judges who heard the case differed, resulting in the Chief Justice stepping in.

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Ayodhya mapped
Around 600 kilometres from Delhi is the ancient town of Ayodhya that has been the focus of a 60-year-old legal dispute.

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Located 135 kilometres east of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh and 165 kilometres north Allahabad, the seat of the state's High Court, Ayodhya is otherwise a nondescript north Indian town.