 On the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the Babri mosque, the VHP wanted to perform a "shila daan", or a ceremony laying the foundation stone of the cherished temple at the disputed site.Thousands of VHP activists amassed and threatened to overrun the site and forcibly perform the ceremony.A grave threat of not only communal violence, but an outright breakdown of law and order owing to the defiance of the government by a religious organisation hung over the nation.