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Hindu idol found at Mathura mosque - Organiser
Posted By ashok (ashokvc@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in)
8 September 1996
Title : Hindu idol found at Mathura mosque
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Publication : Organiser
Date : September 8, 1996
The Mathura administration has found clinching evidence
which proves the Hindus' claim that the Shahi Mosque at
Mathura was built over Shri Krishnajanmabhoomi temple.
According to the locals, on August 14 the local
administration started digging in the courtyard of the
mosque for construction of some rooms for the security
staff. During the digging the labourers found stone
pillars, carving and an idol of a Hindu God. They
immediately reported that matter to the authorities.
As news of the recovery of the idol from the courtyard of
the Shahi Mosque spread, senior police and administrative
officials and members of Shri Krishnajanmabhoomi Trust
reached the spot. The patron of the Trust, Shri Gopeshwar
Chaturvedi, told this correspondent that during digging
between August 14 and 17, besides carved stones and
pillars, an idol of a Hindu God with a snake over its
head was found.
It is not yet clear whether the finds are with the
administration or the Archeological Department. The
policemen deployed at the temple claimed that the finds
had been handed over to the Archeological Department
whereas VHP President Shri Vishnu Hari Dalmia, when
contacted, told Organiser that the city SP had told him
that the finds were with the local administration had
would soon be handed over to the Krishnajanmabhoomi
Trust.
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