Krishna Janmabhoomi row: A Mathura court in Uttar Pradesh has ordered the survey of the Shahi Idgah Mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India after January 2. The Idgah Mosque is said to be built on the the birthplace of Lord Krishna. The report will be submitted after January 20.
The court passed the order on a lawsuit filed by Vishnu Gupta of the Hindu Sena, which said the survey will be similar to the one in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque, where a “Shivling” was said to be found during a survey.
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Next hearing on January 20
According to the petition, the Shahi Idgah mosque was built at the Krishna Janmabhoomi on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1669-70. The court has fixed January 20 as the next date for hearing in the matter. Hindu outfits have demanded the removal of the 17th century Shahi Idgah Masjid from the 13.37-acre premises of Katra Keshav Dev temple.
Vishnu Gupta’s lawyer Shailesh Dubey said that on December 8, national president of Hindu Sena Delhi-based Mr Gupta and vice-president Surjit Singh Yadav, had made this claim in the court. “He presented before the court the entire history from the birth of Lord Krishna till the construction of the temple. He has also demanded cancellation of the agreement made between Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sangh vs Shahi Idgah in the year 1968, calling it illegal,” Dubey said.
Places of Worship Act of 1991
The civil court in Mathura had earlier dismissed the case saying it cannot be admitted under the Places of Worship Act of 1991, which maintains the religious status of any place of worship as it was on August 15, 1947.
The only exception to the law was the Ayodhya temple-mosque case where the 16th century Babri mosque stood. It was razed in 1992 by Hindu activists as they believed it was built on the ruins of an ancient temple.
In 2019 the Supreme Court handed over the mosque site to Hindus for a grand Ram temple and ordered alternative land for a mosque.
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