Bengaluru: Narendra Modi Vichar Manch state secretary CT Manjunath met the Mandya Deputy Commissioner and submitted a memorandum, seeking permission to allow Hindus to offer prayers at the masjid.
Amid the Gyanvapi mosque row in Varanasi, the Mandya district administration in Karnataka, seeking permission for Hindus to offer prayers at a mosque, which they claimed stands over the ruins of a Hanuman temple.
Built around 1782 during the rule of Tipu Sultan, Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna, about 120km from Bengaluru, is a heritage site being maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). It also runs a Madrassa.
“Documentary evidence of Tipu Sultan writing to a ruler in Persia, admitting that there was a Hanuman temple before the mosque was built; along with Hindu inscriptions on the pillars and walls support our stand. We request the administration to allow Hindus to offer prayers at the mosque.”
KS Eshwarappa, a former Karnataka minister said that “Around 36,000 temples were demolished/damaged during the Mughal rule. We will reclaim all the temples in accordance with the Supreme Court’s ruling without creating any trouble.”
(Smit Soni)