Now, demand for allowing Hindus to pray at Srirangapatna mosque

The Narendra Modi Vichar Manch believes the Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna was built during Tipu Sultan’s regime where a Hanuman temple once stood.

The Narendra Modi Vichar Manch believes the Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna was built during Tipu Sultan’s regime where a Hanuman temple once stood. (Twitter)

Amid the Gyanvapi mosque row in Varanasi, members of a forum named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi have approached the Mandya district administration in Karnataka, seeking permission for Hindus to offer prayers at a mosque, which they claimed stands over the ruins of a Hanuman temple.

Built around 1782 during the rule of Tipu Sultan, Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna, about 120km from Bengaluru, is a heritage site being maintained by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). It also runs a Madrassa.

Narendra Modi Vichar Manch state secretary CT Manjunath, who was part of the delegation, met the Mandya Deputy Commissioner and submitted a memorandum, seeking permission to allow Hindus to offer prayers at the masjid.

“Documentary evidence of Tipu Sultan writing to a ruler in Persia, admitting that there was a Hanuman temple before the mosque was built; along with Hindu inscriptions on the pillars and walls support our stand. We request the administration to allow Hindus to offer prayers at the mosque.”

Former Karnataka minister KS Eshwarappa, who resigned recently over his name cropping up in an FIR after a contractor died by suicide, claimed that even Muslim leaders accept that a temple existed before the mosque took shape. “Around 36,000 temples were demolished/damaged during the Mughal rule. We will reclaim all the temples in accordance with the Supreme Court’s ruling without creating any trouble,” he said.

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