General Secretary, Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Champat Rai reported that the teports circulating in the media about a time capsule being placed beneath the site of the Ram temple, Ayodhya are baseless. The Time Capsule, also known as Kaal Patra, was supposed to contain the history of Ayodhya and Rama Janma Bhoomi Movement.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
Key-Points
Time Capsule is a container of any size or shape, which accommodates documents, photos and artefacts typical of the current era and is buried underground, for future generations to unearth.
To ensure that the capsules do not decay they are built using special engineering techniques like steel or aluminium encasing, vacuuming, use of acid-free paper, etc.
The time capsules mostly have a scheduled time for reopening, and are supposed to be buried again after opening, with people of the future adding their own contributions to the time capsule.
The International Time Capsule Society (ITCS), based in the USA and formed in 1990, is now defunct but continues estimating the number of time capsules in the world.
Most intentional time capsules are filled with a lopsided view of history. They are often politically motivated and glorify the people who planted them.
They can not be regarded as facts and are not very reliable. The information in time capsules has to be verified with other sources of information.
Many time capsules which have been unearthed were filled with junk telling little about the people of the time.