{"id":21130,"date":"2024-07-16T03:28:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T03:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=21130"},"modified":"2024-07-16T03:28:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T03:28:56","slug":"asi-tells-court-that-existing-mosque-at-bhojshala-complex-was-made-from-parts-of-earlier-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2024\/07\/16\/asi-tells-court-that-existing-mosque-at-bhojshala-complex-was-made-from-parts-of-earlier-temples\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Tells Court That Existing Mosque at Bhojshala Complex Was Made From Parts of Earlier Temples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BHOPAL, INDIA, July 15, 2024 (Indian Express): The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) Monday submitted its survey report on the disputed Bhojshala temple-cum-Kamal Maula mosque complex in Dhar district to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, stating that the scientific investigation reveals that the \u201cexisting structure was made from the parts of earlier temples.\u201d The court had in March last year ordered the ASI to conduct the survey, observing that the nature and character of the structure needs to be \u201cdemystified and freed from the shackles of confusion.\u201d Hindus regard the ASI-protected complex as a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), while Muslims consider it the site of the Kamal Maula mosque. Under an arrangement made in 2003, Hindus perform puja at the complex on Tuesdays while Muslims offer namaz on Fridays.<br><br>\u201cBased on scientific investigations and archaeological remains recovered during the investigations, this pre-existing structure can be dated to the Paramara period,\u201d the report states. The structure is decorated with 106 pillars and 82 pilasters. \u201cArt and architecture of these pillars and pilasters in colonnades suggest that they were originally part of temples. For their reuse in the existing structure, figures of Deities and humans carved on them were mutilated,\u201d the report states. The ASI studied a total of 94 sculptures, sculptural fragments, and architectural members with sculptural depiction. \u201cSculptures of four armed Deities were carved on windows, pillars and beams used in the existing structure. Images carved on these included Ganesh, Brahma with his consorts, Narasimha, Bhairava, Gods and Goddesses, human and animal figures. Images of animals in different mediums include lion, elephant, horse, dog, monkey, snake, tortoise, swan, and bird\u2026,\u201d the ASI report states.<br><br>More at source.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/bhojshala-complex-asi-ganesh-brahma-narasimha-images-9454964\/\n\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/bhojshala-complex-asi-ganesh-brahma-narasimha-images-9454964\/<br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BHOPAL, INDIA, July 15, 2024 (Indian Express): The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) Monday submitted its survey report on the,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21136,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21130\/revisions\/21136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}