DISPUTED SITE WHERE A MOSQUE WAS RAZED TO THE GROUND IN 1992 IN AHODHYA, 2002-03-12 (photo)

A shed with a makeshift Hindu temple inside and covered by tarpaulins stands on the disputed site where a mosque was razed to the ground in 1992 is guarded by police on a hill overlooking Ayodhya, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, March 12 2002. Thousands of Hindus were trying on Tuesday to head towards the city - a lighting rod for Hindu-Muslim tension for a decade - ahead of a Supreme Court order on Wednesday whether to allow Hindus to hold a prayer ceremony in Ayodhya despite opposition by Muslims who see it as a prelude to the building of a temple on top of a mosque razed by Hindu extremists in 1992. REUTERS/Jason Reed JSG