Adhai Din Ka Jhopra: Hindu Temple Or A Mosque? Unique Particulars Of Ajmer Construction

A number of instances are happening throughout the nation over disputed monuments. Be it Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque or Jama Masjid in Fatehpur Sikri and the Dargah of Salim Chishti, these constructions have been beneath query after each – Hindu and Muslim sides staked declare to the identical. Final week, a brand new dispute emerged in Ajmer, Rajasthan, when Jain monks, saints, and members of Hindu organizations reached the makeshift mosque in Ajmer for worship, claiming it to be an historical Hindu-Jain temple and Sanskrit college.

On this regard, Zee Information will acquaint you with the historic fact of the makeshift mosque -Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra – positioned in Ajmer, Rajasthan, via historic and ‘ASI licensed’ tremendous unique proof. In accordance with historic books, the development of the Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra Mosque, also referred to as the Dhai Din Ka Jhonpra Mosque, was ordered by the primary Islamic ruler of India, Qutubuddin Aibak, within the 12 months 1192 on the command of Muhammad Ghori.

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The Archaeological Survey of India’s unique survey report performed within the 12 months 1861 on the Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra Mosque talked about on Web page 258 of Quantity 2 of the 4 Experiences Made Throughout 1862-63-64-65, Alexander Cunningham writes that very similar to the development of the Qutub Mosque in Delhi, the development of the Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra Mosque in Ajmer concerned demolishing a number of Hindu temples, which serves as a big indicator of the aggressiveness of invaders.

On this survey report on the Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra Mosque, Alexander Cunningham additionally supplied a number of items of proof indicating that the mosque’s building concerned the demolition of many Hindu temples. On Web page 259 of the survey report, Alexander Cunningham talked about discovering sculptures resembling these of four-armed deities and a necklace worn by Goddess Kali carved on the pillars of the mosque.

After surveying the pillars of the mosque, the ASI’s survey report on Web page 260 mentions that each one the pillars on which the Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra Mosque stands are Hindu pillars.

Within the ASI’s survey report, which is 163 years previous, on Web page 262, it is usually talked about that the names of artisans who labored on setting up the mosque’s pillars within the 11th and 12th centuries are inscribed on many pillars.



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