MP High Court Declares Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Complex a Temple, Quashes ASI Order Allowing Friday Namaz |
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New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has declared the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar as a temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Vagdevi Saraswati and quashed portions of a 2003 Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) order that allowed Muslims to offer Friday prayers at the site, reports LiveLaw.
A division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi held that historical literature and records established Bhojshala as a centre of Sanskrit learning associated with Raja Bhoj and recognised the existence of a Saraswati temple at the site.
The judgement of the Indore bench of the high court arose from petitions challenging the ASI’s 2003 arrangement that permitted Hindus to pray at the site on Tuesdays and Muslims to offer namaz on Fridays.
The Bhojshala is an 11th-century monument, protected by the ASI. The litigation over Bhojshala included a series of petitions challenging the religious status of the Dhar monument and the........