EXPLAINED: AFTER GYANVAPI, WHY RIGHT-WING ACTIVISTS ARE SEEKING PERMISSION TO PRAY AT TIPU SULTAN-ERA MOSQUE IN KARNATAKA

Tipu Sultan
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Even as a Uttar Pradesh court has ordered that Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Masjid complex be closed to the public amid stunning claims by Hindu petitioners that a “Shivling” was found on the premises, a new controversy is erupting in Karnataka.

 

Right-wing activists have approached the Madhya Pradesh district administration for permission to offer prayers at a mosque – the Masjid-i-Ala or Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna, 16 kilometres from Mysuru. They believe that a Hanuman temple once stood there.

 

Read more at: https://www.firstpost.com/india/explained-after-gyanvapi-tipu-sultan-era-mosque-srirangapatnain-karnataka-10681021.html

 

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  • 17 May 2022
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