Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Case: Advocate Claims ‘Srivigraha’ Buried in Agra’s Red Fort
News 18A Mathura-based advocate on Friday filed an application before a local court, claiming that the presiding deity of the Thakur Katra Keshav Dev temple in the city lies buried at a mosque built in Diwan-e-Khas of the Red Fort in Agra. Advocate Mahendra Pratap Singh, chairman of Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Andolan Samiti, filed an application raising the new claim before the court which is hearing the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi case to shift the Shahi Masjid from the premises of the Lord Krishna’s birth place. Singh informed the court that the presiding deity of the grand temple of Thakur Keshavdev built by Orcha Naresh Veer Singh Bundela in Katra is buried in the Red Fort of Agra. The temple was then destroyed by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in the year 1669 who built a royal Idgah there over the temple’s ruins.’’ The advocate also said that Aurangzeb buried the ‘Sri Vigrahas’ of Lord Keshav Dev temple under a small mosque built in the Diwan-e-Khas of Agra’s Red Fort.