Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah row: Mathura court orders survey of mosque complex.

Mathura court orders survey of Shahi Idga mosque on Hindu group’s plea on Krishna Janmasthan. 

Upendra Bharti | HENB | New Delhi | Dec 24, 2022:: A local court in Mathura asked the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey after Jan 2. The report will be submitted after Jan 20.

The lawsuit was filed by the rightwing outfit Hindu Sena’s leader Vishnu Gupta seeking ownership of the land of the disputed Shahi Idgah Masjid. The mosque is adjacent to a temple, where Hindus believe Lord Krishna was born. The next date of the hearing has been fixed for Jan 20.

Vishnu Gupta in his suit claimed that the Idgah was constructed by Aurangzeb on the 13.37 acres of Shri Krishna’s birthplace after demolishing the Sri Krishna temple.

The suit seeks the cancellation of an agreement between Sri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sangh and Shahi Idgah executed in the year 1968, claiming that it is illegal.

Many suits have been filed before the court demanding the demolition of the 17th-century Shahi Idgah Masjid, claiming it was built on Krishna Janambhumi’s property.

Muslims in India are concerned by the campaign of the Hindu right-wing groups to claim Muslim monuments and mosques.

Hindu groups in various Indian cities have claimed that mosques and monuments built during the Mughal era were built after razing Hindu temples.

However, Muslim groups had opposed such a move, saying it was against the Places of Worship Act of 1991, which maintains the religious status of any place of worship as of Aug 15, 1947. Actually, this ‘Places of Worship Act of 1991’ is also disputed by many veteran lawyers in the Supreme Court of India as it was made by the then Congress Party in Central power in India for the protection of the Islamic structures made by the Muslim invaders or rulers in various forceful manner under Jihadi brutalities.

Earlier, a Varanasi court had ordered a similar survey of Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi after a suit was filed by five Hindu women seeking worshipping rights in the mosque compound.

Gyanvapi Mosque adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple is at the centre of an ongoing legal battle in India. The mosque is situated in Varanasi city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

Hindus widely believe that the Gyanvapi Mosque was built on the orders of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb by pulling down a part of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in the 17th century.

After the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Gyanvapi-Kashi Viswanath and Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi-Sahi Idgah are two medieval mosques those are being claimed by Hindus for removing the signs of Islamic aggression over Hindus in Muslim period.

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__Agencies.

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