Karnataka: Ban orders in Srirangapatna as Hindu outfits give call to perform pooja at mosque

The Jamia mosque in Srirangapatna, 120km from Bengaluru, came up around 1782 during the rule of Tipu Sultan. It is a heritage site being maintained by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

A similar claim was made by the Hindu right wing outfits with regard to the Assaiyeed Adbullahil Madani mosque in Mangaluru city and the issue now is sub-judice.

Sri Ram Sena founder Pramod Muthalik has extended his support to the ‘Srirangapatna Chalo’ call. “We urge you to conduct a survey of the masjid on the lines of Gyanvapi mosque,” he said. The issue of use of loudspeakers will be taken up in the second phase, he said.

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The mosque authorities have already made several appeals to the administration to protect the monument from Hindu activists.

The Narendra Modi Vichar Manch, which had made submissions to the authorities for the survey of the mosque, said they strongly believed that Jamia Masjid was built after razing a Hanuman temple. In the representation, they gave the reference of B Lewis Rice, a British historian, archaeologist and educationist, who, in his report to the ASI in 1935, had mentioned about a Hanuman temple (Page 61).