DNA Unique: Unveiling Historic Proof Of Historical Temple Beneath Mathuras Shahi Idgah

New Delhi: The Allahabad Excessive Courtroom authorized the conduct of a scientific survey on the Shahi Idgah complicated at Mathura on Thursday and the Supreme Courtroom upheld the choice Friday and refused to remain the HC’s order. Now the courtroom commissioner will survey in the identical method wherein it has been achieved on the Gyanvapi Temple in Varanasi. 

In Right this moment’s DNA, Zee Information Anchor Sourabh Raaj Jain unveiled historic evidences proving the presence of an historic temple beneath the Shahi Idgah complicated at Mathura with the 162-year-old survey report by the Archaeological Survey of India.

160 years in the past, the Archaeological Survey of India verified that the Shahi Idgah Mosque in Mathura was constructed atop the remnants of an historic temple. All through the British period (1832-1935), authorized data from the District Courtroom of Mathura to the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom persistently acknowledged Hindus because the landowners.

The core dispute revolves round 13.37 acres of land, with 10.9 acres allotted to Shri Krishna’s Janmsthan and a couple of.5 acres to the Shahi Idgah Mosque primarily based on a 1968 settlement. Nevertheless, this settlement is contentious. Hindus assert that the realm the place the Idgah Mosque stands initially housed a temple, demolished by Aurangzeb, with a mosque subsequently erected.

On January 27, 1670, the Muslim invader Aurangzeb issued a decree, documented in Persian and later translated into English in Masir-I-Alamgiri, a guide commissioned by Aurangzeb. The decree mandated the demolition of the Keshav Dev temple in Mathura throughout the holy month of Ramzan, with the temple’s idols to be buried underneath the steps of Begum Sahib Masjid in Agra. Moreover, Mathura was renamed Islamabad.

Historians be aware that following the temple’s demolition as per the decree, the development of the Shahi Idgah Mosque came about in 1670, using the stays of the razed temple.

In his guide “Travels within the Mogul Empire 1656-1666,” Dr. Francois Bernier praises the once-beautiful temple that existed earlier than its destruction. Bernier notes in his writings that there is little of curiosity between Delhi and Agra, spanning 50 to 60 leagues (277 to 330 kilometers), aside from Mathura, the place an historic and beautiful temple stood. Historians speculate that this temple is the Keshav Rai temple in Mathura, later demolished by Aurangzeb, who changed it with the Shahi Idgah Mosque.

The Hindu perspective asserts that the Idgah Mosque occupies the spot the place Devaki gave start to Shri Krishna in Kansa’s jail, marking it because the birthplace of Shri Krishna. Consequently, the Hindu facet seeks possession rights over the whole 13.37 acres of land. A petition to this impact was filed within the Mathura Courtroom on September 25, 2020, however it was rejected underneath the Locations of Worship Act 1991. Subsequently, a evaluation petition was filed on October 12, 2020. The Allahabad Excessive Courtroom has now mandated a survey of the Shahi Idgah Mosque in reference to this case.