Srirangapatna Jamia mosque row likely to trigger controversy


Bengaluru, May 13 (IANS): At a time when the Gyanvapi mosque row in Varanasi has triggered debate whether mosques were built over temples all over the country, the Jamia mosque in Srirangapatna town in Karnataka's Mandya district has yet again come into the eye of the storm.

Srirangapatna is regarded as Karnataka's Ayodhya by Hindu activists. The ruling BJP has been making attempts to make inroads in the prosperous district, which greatly impacts the state politics.

Sources said that with Hindu activists taking up the issue, the party is aiming to reap rich electoral success in the region which is presently considered as the bastion of JD(S). Srirangapatna in Mandya district is considered to be a stronghold of the dominant Vokkaliga community.

The management of the mosque has made repeated appeals to the district authorities to protect the mosque from being harmed by Hindu activists.

Rishi Kumar Swami of Kali mutt claimed on Thursday that the Jamia mosque in Srirangapatna was built on the site of a Hanuman temple, which was razed to make way for the mosque.

"There are emblems of the erstwhile Hoysala kingdom inside the mosque," he claimed.

A campaign on this would be launched during the upcoming Hanuman Jayanti, Swami said.

He also claimed that the temple was built before the rule of the Mysuru kings.

"During the rule of Tipu Sultan, the Hanuman temple was converted into a mosque. There is clinching evidence to prove that the mosque was a Hindu temple once," Swami claimed.

He further claimed that the temple was destroyed in 1784.

Swam was arrested in January this year on charges of giving a call to demolish the mosque. He had demanded that the mosque be closed until it is decided whether it was a temple before. He is out on bail now.

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Rita, Germany

    Sat, May 14 2022

    These people are working like animals collecting their winter food before summer to end.Try to collect everything that in winter they dont face hunger,and so their work that they even steal from one from the other .Just like that ,hindus are trying to collect as much as possible so long they are on the position or their govt is there..And before their govt changes want to grab or collect whatever they see and possible.Never mind let them when the next come ,will have to give up .Everything is hindus ,never mind it is cowdung or cowmoothra.

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  • Ben D'Souza Prabhu, Mangalore, Bombay Bandra now in Canada

    Fri, May 13 2022

    My dear loving friends ! Please do not try to erase our ' Past infamous History ' which is NOT AT ALL going to help anyone ! THANK YOU ALL MY FRIENDS !!!

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  • ABDHUL SAMAD, Udupi

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Only these topics will keep the government of the day in power, and helps them to hide their failure. Hope people will realize it and it is not so late. But, most unfortunate is our media is biased. The media should have the maturity to show what is better for society instead of spreading hatred.

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  • H. Almeida., Bendur/Andheri.

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Readers, tyrants, invaders, were responsible for the destruction of our ancient culture and civilization.. these acts of barbarism are well documented by historians...

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  • S. M F, Dxb /Mlore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Friday the 13th. Pulliye kande muklena suru aand. One after another. Bethe bele ijji mukeg. LPG price cross 1000 Rs. Petrol 111. Any protest for price hike?

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  • khaleel mukka, mukka

    Fri, May 13 2022

    By these simple propoganda , ruling party are putting the people of this country to debt.The total debt or loan taken by Govt is 100 lakh crores.where did this money go..................... temples or Hindu Brothers & Sisters. Answer Expected........

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  • Rezy, Mlore/Mct

    Fri, May 13 2022

    More and more of Aacche din.

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  • Alwin, Mangaluru

    Fri, May 13 2022

    The present india was princely states of many kings. The kings had given their daughter sister to the invaded kings for peace and maintain relationships. It was right at that time because of circumstances. The princely states never joined as Hindus at that time. Buddhism and Jainism developed alternative to the atrocities casteism and exploitation by Aryans. Thus some sort of development and evolution taken place. People got dignity of life. The present situation is also some people can not bear development of their own brother s like princely states. It was world phenomenon a In the journey of life this is common. Earlier princ e was doing now so called Sangha disturb life of common people All for greed no religion no caste and money and pride is the cause

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  • prakash, Manipal

    Fri, May 13 2022

    This will be a never ending tussle for no benefit to anyone... What are we going to achieve by renaming roads and reclaiming places of worship???... Leave them as they are and move on with more important issues....

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  • Jossy Tauro, Mangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Better build one temple for each person in India. So that there will be all temples and everybody will do pooja. No need to work. Government will give free food.

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  • Joel, Mangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Why do these religion priests do things they aren't ethically allowed to do? this is applied to every religion

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  • Moshu, Mangaluru

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Todays bhagavadhari Swamis, pandits have became the rootcauses of all problems.

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  • Ronald, Mangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    A campaign on this would be launched during the upcoming Hanuman Jayanti, Swami said, and the upcoming assembly election in May 2023

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  • Rajesh Shetty, Dubai / Mangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Ultimate goal of Blue JP is moving towards SriLANKA model. Where people made to fight in the name of religion until the leaders / political party able to loot as much they can. When hunger struck their tummy they realized they were Andha Bakts! .. But it was too late when they realized. Finally the hunger , unemployment reunited them all and made the leaders to kick out. I think we also moving in the same path. Hope god will save india. Need of the hour is quality education, fight against corruption, quality medical service and good governance. When the leaders fails they use all these tactics to fool andha bhakths like us. Wake up before its too late. Lets not make our children starve !

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  • Ganesh, Mangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    i would rather starve than make way for Gazwa e hind. i know some parties want to make the Road smooth for them.

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  • Rolf, Dubai

    Sat, May 14 2022

    Dear Ganesha Your name is the proof you cannot starve even moon knows it .

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  • ca girishkk, valencia/m'lore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    What can we make out from these kind of developments...,?????, sorry to see the tenets & ethos of REAL Hinduism is not getting practiced..., the actions & the thought process amounts to embracing Mughal DNA of revenge .... sorry to see the degeneration of REAL Hinduism....

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  • Ozy, Surathkal

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Main job Muslim bashing..

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  • Anand, Surathkal

    Fri, May 13 2022

    It is wrong if mosques are built by demolishing age old Hindu temples.

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  • Ronald, Mangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Age old? How old? Let’s say 500 years. What was political and admistratve situation then? Did we have democracy then the way we have today? And what’s the proof mosque were built by knocking off temples. And even if we find some remains of look like temple structures how can we assume they were destroyed to built mosques. There are too many questions that remain to be answered. So if we dont have answers why do we now hell bent to disrupt the peacedul living merely based on asumptions?

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  • Nithin, Bangalore/SA

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Please read Sita Ram goels book vol 1 and 2, " Hindu temples, what happened to them" you will all the evidence, its a known fact barbaric muslims kings destroyed many temples and built mosque in the same place and many occasions using the same material

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Fri, May 13 2022

    One more Headache ...

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  • ca girishk, m'lore/dxb

    Fri, May 13 2022

    good job... one more opportunity for engaging youths who are unemployed & unemployable... (thotte will be free)

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  • Bittu, Mangaluru

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Tippu was a tyrant king. Anyone who does not agree should read about the siege of srirangapatna. How can anyone support this cruel man?

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  • Ronald, Mangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    BJP does support this cruelity! How you ask? Choosing the same violance. Two wrongs can never be one right. Must work on middle path to resolve these issues. How? A safron flag on mosque in Belgavi was resolved peacefully

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  • Sanju, Mangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Shameless chapri ruling this nation which is now getting destroyed day by day. Stop the saffron terror or get ready to perish

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  • Ganesh ganna., Bangalore

    Fri, May 13 2022

    Sanju, we are already perished all tje swamijis and moulavis who talks communal should be tief up in a jungle to avoid distrrubencein the society.

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  • Rajesh, Mulki

    Fri, May 13 2022

    And sadly we have finished all the major jungles by cutting trees illegally.

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Fri, May 13 2022

    lage raho blue JP...if EVMs are removed....i bet you will bite the dust....

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