Landmark ruling over Ayodhya

A court in northern India has awarded the controversial land where the Babri mosque once stood to all three parties who laid claim to it.

For almost 500 years, the holy site in India has been the centre of controversy and contention.

And whether a landmark legal ruling announced will end the bitter arguments is open to question.

200,000 policemen are on standby across India for fear of a violent reaction to the verdict.

Al Jazeera's Prerna Suri reports from New Delhi.