By December 6, 1992 at least 2,00,000 kar sevaks had arrived in Ayodhya from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and UP. The plan was for kar sevaks to bring water and sand from the Sarayu river and scrub the platform clean and to perform prayers. A long, loud whistle was heard after which kar sevaks moved towards the disputed structure with pickaxes and hammers. It took five hours for the kar sevaks to destroy the 16th century mosque.
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