Amid ongoing Gyanvapi Mosque row, activists demands permission to hold puja in Jamia Masjid calls it Anjaneya Temple

Srirangapatna, May 17: Amid the ongoing Gyanvapi Mosque row, now the demand to allow worship of the Anjaneya idol in the Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna, Karnataka is gaining momentum.

 

 

Yesterday, some activists filed a memorandum with the Deputy Commissioner of Mandya to allow worship of the Anjaneya idol at Jamia Masjid in the city. The activists claimed that Jamia Masjid has been built on the Anjaneya Temple. The activists claimed the structure had been originally a temple that was converted into a mosque.

 

They also claimed that there is historical proof that the mosque was Anjaneya Temple. They claimed that Tipu Sultan wrote about this in a letter to the king of Persia Khalif and demanded that the archaeological department must consider the documents and investigate the matter. They also demanded permission for taking bath in the pond situated on the premises of the mosque.

 

 

 

Tipu Sultan was one of the most ruthless Islamic invaders in South India. There have been several recorded instances of Tipu’s army forcefully converting, raping, and kidnapping Hindus on his orders. Many temples are recorded to have been demolished under his reign. Historians such as Khan Hussain Ali Kirmani have pointed out that Tipu Sultan had animosity for the local Hindus and tribals in the area.

 

The mosque is located within the Srirangapatna Fort, which was erected under the Vijayanagar Empire and afterward taken over by Tipu Sultan. He constructed the mosque near his palace. The mosque was constructed in the early 1780s and is now a historic monument managed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). It also operates a madrassa.

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