Forward of the Hanuman Sankirtan March in Srirangapatna, a heavy police drive has been deployed as precautionary measures to keep away from any untoward incident, the Mandya district administration knowledgeable on Sunday.
The Hanuman bhakts have referred to as for a Sankirtana Yatra, demanding the restoration of the Sri Anjaneya Temple rather than the Jamia Masjid, which the Hindu Jagarana Vedike claims belongs to Hindus. Greater than ten thousand persons are anticipated to attend the Yatra in Srirangapatna, claimed the group additional.
“In view of the regulation and order state of affairs which will arrive as a result of sensitivity of the problem, tight police safety throughout Srirangapatna city has been organized”, mentioned Yatish N, Superintendent of Police (SP) Mandya.
He additional said, ‘Liquor gross sales are banned at present as a precautionary measure” including that, “CCTV cameras have been put in in delicate areas of Srirangapatna”.
Reportedly, the Hanuman devotees (Maladhari) have organized a Sankirtana Yatra, from the Nimishamba Temple in Ganjam village to the Sriranganath Temple for his or her demand to re-establishing the Anjaneya Swamy temple on the website of the present Jamia Masjid. Forward of the Sankirtana Yatra, saffron flags and flexes and a photograph of Savarkar has been put up by the Professional-Hindu group.
Towards the backdrop of the Yatra, barricades have been positioned across the mosque as a precautionary measure and greater than a thousand policemen have been deployed, as per the sources. The Yatra is being carried out amidst the chants of Jai Shri Ram slogans, by the Professional-Hindu group carrying saffron flags.
The controversy began when Rishi Kumar, who headed the Kali Mutt in Chikkamagaluru, allegedly issued a controversial assertion demanding the demolition of a mosque and building of a Hanuman temple, again in January 2022. The Srirangapatna Police later arrested him in relation to the matter.
In keeping with police, standing in entrance of the mosque, which is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), he had mentioned that this construction must also be demolished just like the Babri mosque of Ayodhya.
In a video that went viral on social media, he claimed that the pillars, partitions, and water tank on the premises of the mosque symbolised Hindu structure, therefore the mosque have to be demolished.
“The Srirangapatna mosque was constructed on the location of the Hanuman temple and the temple was razed to make manner for the mosque”, he alleged, including, “In 1784, the temple was demolished and a mosque was constructed there”.
Earlier, in June 2022, members of right-wing teams gathered at Kirangur Junction within the historic Srirangapatna city to march to a mosque, which they claimed stands on the ruins of a Hanuman temple. The group members mentioned they are going to enter the Jamia Masjid within the city and carry out puja there.
In the meantime, Part 144 CrPC was imposed within the space for 12 hours, between 6 am and 6 pm, in wake of the ‘Srirangapatna Chalo’ name given by the right-wing organisation officers.
In Could this yr, activists of the right-wing organisations filed a memorandum with the Deputy Commissioner of Mandya looking for permission for Hindus to supply prayers on the mosque, which they claimed stands over the ruins of a Hanuman temple. The activists claimed the construction had been initially a temple that was transformed right into a mosque.
The activists claimed that Jamia Masjid had been constructed on the Anjaneya Temple. Additionally they claimed that there’s historic proof that the mosque was Anjaneya Temple. They demanded permission to carry out puja within the mosque.