Jaipur: Controversy appears to be brewing over Adhai Din Ka Jhopra (a mosque construction ) situated within the Ajmer district of Rajasthan. Jaipur MP Ramcharan Bohra had claimed that it was initially a temple and a middle of Sanskrit schooling, which was demolished on the directions of Mohammad Gauri.
Bohra first claimed this on the event of the muse day of Rajasthan College on Tuesday and mentioned that very quickly Sanskrit mantras will as soon as once more be heard within the Adhai Din Ka Jhopra of Ajmer.
Ajmer constructing was traditionally a Hindu temple
Now he has written a letter to Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy and mentioned that this monument was a temple and Sanskrit schooling centre by Maharaj Vigraha Raj. ’this was an necessary centre for the propagation of Puranas and Sanskrit schooling. These symbols of the phobia of Mughals are like stain on Indian society. I’m sending this letter to carry it in its authentic kind,’ mentioned Bohra in his letter.
Ajmer constructing is without doubt one of the oldest mosques in India
This historic constructing inbuilt Ajmer is a mosque. It is without doubt one of the oldest mosques in India, and the oldest surviving monument in Ajmer.
Commissioned by Qutb-ud-Din-Aibak in 1192 CE and designed by Abu Bakr of Herat, the mosque is an instance of early Indo-Islamic structure.
The construction was used as a mosque as much as 1947. After the independence, the construction was handed over to the Jaipur Circle of ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) and is right this moment visited by individuals of all religions, as a effective instance of a mixture of Indian, Hindu, Muslim and Jain search structure.