The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday briefed diplomats of various countries and key allies of India after the historic verdict in the Ayodhya case.
Senior officials of the ministry explained the decision of the apex court to the envoys in the backdrop of the sensitivities related to the long standing issue, sources said.
The Supreme Court, in its verdict pronounced earlier in the day, backed the construction of a Ram temple by a trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot be allotted for building a mosque in the Hindu holy town.
It was not immediately known how many diplomats were briefed and what specifically was conveyed to them.
The briefing assumed significance given the government undertaking several steps to maintain law and order all over the country ahead of the apex court verdict.