US EditionHeritage Clash: Controversy Over Fatehpur Mausoleum
FATEHPUR DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH, AUG 11 – Hindu groups claim the tomb was originally a temple and plan religious ceremonies despite police efforts; authorities report heavy security deployment to prevent unrest.
- On Monday, members of a Hindu organisation vandalised Nawab Abdus Samad's tomb in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, claiming it was built on top of a temple.
- The controversy erupted after BJP district president Mukhlal Pal and Math Mandir Sanrakshan Sangharsh Samiti claimed the tomb was a thousand-year-old temple of Thakurji and Lord Shiva, built on top of a temple.
- Authorities deployed heavy police and PAC forces and erected barricades as a video shows people carrying saffron flags and chanting 'Jai Shree Ram' around the tomb.
- Responding to the vandalism, Mo Naseem, National Secretary of the National Ulama Council, condemned it as an attempt to distort history and warned of protests if the August 11 program is not halted.
- Ahead of Janmashtami, VHP state vice president Virendra Pandey said the site should be cleaned for August 16 celebrations and noted plans to perform puja today.
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Stone Pelting and Violent Clash Between Two Groups in Fatehpur over Temple-Tomb Dispute, Watch Video
The controversy over a tomb in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh has heated up. Where Hindu organizations are adamant on performing puja in the tomb, calling it a thousand-year-old temple of Shivaji or Shri Krishna. Seeing the situation, the police barricaded the roads leading to the tomb and the officials talked to both the parties and assured them that law and order will be maintained.
Heritage Clash: Controversy Over Fatehpur Mausoleum
Heritage Clash: Controversy Over Fatehpur Mausoleum Tensions escalated in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, as members of Hindu right-wing groups stirred controversy at a centuries-old mausoleum. They demanded to offer prayers, alleging the site was originally a temple pre-dating its current status as a mausoleum.In response to threats made by BJP's district president, Mukhlal Pal, and other groups, elaborate security arrangements enveloped the …
Fatehpur temple-tomb row: Hindu groups gather to offer prayers at disputed site; security heightened
A massive unrest has erupted in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur after Hindu bodies, including Bajrang Dal, gathered near an old tomb in Abu Nagar, claiming that it was a temple and they should be allowed to offer prayers there. Security has been heightened in the area to maintain law and order. "We had deployed a police force and made preparations. Some people had picked up stones and canes, but there were no weapons. Everyone has left the location. Ac…
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