Karnataka Home Minister♓ Araga Jnanendra on Tuesday warned a Hindu group not to challenge law and order followi🐬ng their claim that the Masjid-e-Ala (also known as 'Jamia Masjid') at Srirangapatna in Mandya district was a Hanuman temple and they should be allowed to worship there.
A fringe group called 'Narendra Modi Vichar Manch' 🐎(NMVM) rece▨ntly approached the Mandya deputy commissioner on May 13 claiming that the Masjid-e-Ala was 'Moodala Bagilu Anjaneya Swami temple', which the 18th century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan had destroyed and built a mosque over it.
The group l♏ed by C T Manjunath, secretary, demanded that Hindus should be allowed to perform prayers to Hanuman inside the mosque.
Reacting to the incident, Jnanendra said he👍 was aware of the development. And called upon people not to challenge law and order to resolve tꦚhe dispute on their own.
"If anyone challenges la𒈔w and order then they will be de🤡alt with accordingly. Hence, everyone should live harmoniously. We will go by the court order," he added.
In his petition to the deputy commissioner of Mandya, Manjunath said many historians have documented the existence of Moodala Bagilu Anjaneya Swami Temple, which Ti꧒pu Sultan had🌳 allegedly destroyed during his regime and converted into a mosque.
"The Mysuru Gazzettier by Luis Rice, the proceedings of the royal court, the life of Maharaja, Tareekh-e-Tipu and Hyder-e-Nishani and the letter written by Tipu to the Khalifa of Pe💜rsia to prove our point."
"Hence, we request you to please review the documents of the archeology department and make prov🃏isions for Hindus to legally offer their prayers to Moodalabagilu Anjaneya Swami Temple (the existing mosque),” Manjunath wrote in his petition to the deputy commissioner.
Later, in a video message sent to the media houses, a member of the NMVM demanded that a survey on the lines of Gyanvapi Masjid should be💖 conducted at Masjid-e-Ala to find out the truth.
