The existing structure at the Bhojshala complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district was constructed using remains of a temple that existed earlier at the site, said the Archaeological Survey of India in its scientific survey report, which was submitted to the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday. The High Court had in March asked the ASI …
On a humid September night in 2023, a group of men allegedly illegally and surreptitiously entered the Kamal Maula mosque in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh and placed an idol of the Hindu goddess of learning, Saraswati. Speaking at a large gathering, the then Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia had said: “Hand over Ram Janmabhoomi land in Ayodhya, the Kashi and …
In the Gyanvapi Mosque row, the lawyers representing Hindu petitioners said they found ‘Shivling’ in the pond during the court-monitored survey of the complex. An influential figure, Maulana Hakim Sayid Abdul Hai, in his book cited six examples where mosques were built on every site of Hindu temples by Indian-Muslim rulers from the 12th to 17th Century. Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple: …
