The activists were proceeding to Pratapgarh to raze the tomb of a 17th century Mughal general, Afzal Khan, at the foothills of the fort.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad was unable to carry out its plan of a massive congregation in Ayodhya.
The outfit proposes to hold a meeting at the town to decide on the construction of the Ram Temple.
The outfit's Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh in charge Prabhu Narain Singh was also arrested.
Shashikant, an alleged local leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, was one among the 46 accused named in three FIRs lodged at the Naroda Patiya police station in 2002 in connection with the the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.
Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, VHP vice-president Giriraj Kishore said hundreds of thousands of 'Ram Bhakts' would be involved in the construction of the temple.
An alert has been sounded across the state and patrolling has also been intensified in view of the bandh, they said.
Like Pravin Togadia, Kishore was also not allowed to enter the Patna airport terminal building.
The solution lies in an agreement between Hindus and Muslims, he said.
She wanted to take a dip in the Shipra river in Ujjain and had secured an order from a court in Dewas district.
The outfit, however, backtracked on its demand for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to resign.
The outfit's international president Ashok Singhal said there was no need for a new mosque in Ayodhya.
A 'kiss of love' protest organised by a group of youngsters on Sunday against vandalism by the Bharatiya Janata Party at a coffee shop in Kozhikode has now drawn the ire of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
The right-wing outfit also accused the Centre of working on a deal to abandon the Kashi and Mathura temple issue.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad had no qualms seeking a state government car for its general secretary Praveen Togadia to tour Rajasthan.
The newly inducted minister of state for home, however, hoped his joining the government will give a boost to Hindutva.
The retired Supreme Court judge probing the Godhra incident and the riots that followed it said it will be wrong to say the riots targeted one community.
He said the poojas will be held one day prior and after the visit of the Rajasthan chief minister.
Togadia was arrested on April 13 for delivering an inflammatory speech during a trishul distribution ceremony at a dharam sabha.
J&K Director General of Police A K Suri said the police learnt about the attacks following the arrest of Zia Mustafa, LeT's district commander-cum-finance chief for Anantnag.
Ramchandra Das Paramhans said on the occasion that a mosque would not be allowed to be built at the disputed site in Ayodhya.
VHP working president Ashok Singhal said Advani is only good as a stop-gap BJP president.
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The BJP, however, defended Vajpayee for his Goa musings, in which he said some peoples projection of Hindutva in an extremist manner was not acceptable.
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