Petition claims Shiva temple beneath Ajmer Sharif Dargah, court issues notices to minority affairs ministry, ASI

“The tribunal besides asked america wherefore we are filing it. We told the tribunal everything and aft listening to america earnestly, the tribunal issued announcement to the acrophobic parties erstwhile it was satisfied,” Gupta told The Indian Express.

Gupta claimed that Har Bilas Sarda, “who held an important presumption during British Rule, wrote successful 1910 astir the beingness of a Hindu temple”.

In 1 of his books, Sarda, a judge, person and an academic, wrote astir dargah: “Tradition says that wrong the cellar is the representation of Mahadeva successful a temple, connected which sandal utilized to beryllium placed each time by a Brahmin household inactive maintained by the dargah arsenic gharyali (bell striker).”

“There are roads successful Ajmer named aft Sarda, truthful we said that the tribunal should instrumentality his words seriously, that astatine slightest a survey should beryllium done truthful that the information comes out,” Gupta said, claiming that “the Ajmer operation was constructed aft demolishing Hindu and Jain temples”.

“Locals accidental that arsenic precocious arsenic 50 years ago, a clergyman utilized to commune there, and determination utilized to beryllium shivling too, which was moved to the basement. So, a survey should beryllium done truthful that everyone becomes clear,” helium said.

The Hindu person claimed that the outfit wanted the dargah to beryllium declared a Hindu temple “and if it has a registration, it should beryllium cancelled, an ASI survey should beryllium conducted, and that we should beryllium permitted to pray”.

Ajmer Dargah volition observe its 813th Urs successful January adjacent year. About this, Gupta said, “Chishti saheb wasn’t calved present and helium wasn’t from here. So, who was present earlier him? Prithviraj Chauhan. And the metropolis was known arsenic Ajaymeru.”

This comes a week aft Rajasthan’s Bhajan Lal Sharma authorities renamed Ajmer’s Hotel Khadim — an undertaking of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) — arsenic Ajaymeru. Calling for the sanction change, Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani, who is an MLA from Ajmer North, had antecedently claimed Ajmer was celebrated arsenic Ajaymeru during the reign of Rajasthan’s 12th Century warrior king Prithviraj Chauhan and that it was called that successful past Indian texts and past books.

Meanwhile, Syed Sarwar Chishty, the Gaddi Nasheen (custodian) of the dargah, said that the lawsuit was filed to make hatred towards Muslim community. “This is not a gag that each different time criminals travel guardant with a caller claim. In 2007, a antheral named Bhavesh Patel was arrested successful a weaponry blast successful the dargah…The Dargah has been a spot of worship for each religions and it volition stay such,” helium had said successful September, erstwhile the lawsuit was archetypal transferred to the existent court.

The adjacent proceeding successful the lawsuit is connected December 20.