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Jama Masjid Sambhal: A Case That Raises Questions Beyond Law

The Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, has been at the center of a legal and cultural debate after the Babri Masjid case.

 

 It was hoped that the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid judgment, despite its legal flaws and shoddy reasoning, would put a closure to the mandir-masjid disputes once and for all. Perhaps this hope also led the Supreme Court to allow the Ram Mandir construction, despite finding that there was no conclusive evidence of any pre-existing temple beneath the Babri Masjid and declaring that the installation of idols inside the mosque in 1949 and the destruction of the mosque in 1992 were illegal. Probably, the Court intended this as a “one-time measure” because it categorically stated that historical wrongs by medieval rulers can’t be corrected by the present-day legal regime. More importantly, the 5-judge bench also upheld the Constitutional validity of the Places Of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991(PoW Act) as it was the fulfilment of the State’s “constitutional obligations to uphold the equality of all religions and secularism which is a part of the basic features of the Constitution. The Court observed that the PoW Act reflected the message that “history and its wrongs shall not be used as instruments to oppress the present and the future.” 

The controversy stems from claims that the Jama Masjid mosque, constructed during the Mughal period, was built after demolishing a pre-existing Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Harihar. Such disputes echo larger historical narratives surrounding the construction of religious sites during India’s Mughal era.

On 19th November, a court-mandated survey was conducted at Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. The court ordered the survey in response to a petition filed by Supreme Court Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, and seven co-plaintiffs, asserting that the mosque occupies the site of a temple dedicated to Bhagwan Kalki.

Destructuring the petition:

In the petition, it has been asserted that the Jama Masjid in Sambhal was constructed on the centuries-old Shri Hari Har Temple, dedicated to Bhagwan Kalki and destroyed by Babar. The petitioners added that the site holds significant religious importance for Hindus and was forcibly and unlawfully converted into a mosque during the Mughal period. The petitioners further argued that it is a centrally protected monument as per the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904 and is listed as a monument of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).       

Some key points from the petition:

-ASI has not done anything to maintain the property and members of the Muslim community have taken advantage and captured the entire property.               

-Some people have formed a Committee known as Intezamia Shahi Jama Masjid Committee and are not NOT allowing any person in public to access the property. Vishnu Jain himself was not allowed to freely enter in August.

-Mosque side is preventing even ASI to control it                                               

– Mosque side has locked a portion of the property without any right to do so.

They further contended that, being devotees of Bhagwan Vishnu and Bhagwan Shiv, they have the right to access the temple for worship and homage. They asserted that the right to worship has been denied by the mosque’s management committee. Furthermore, they also accused the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) of failing to fulfil its statutory duty to ensure public access to the site. They cited Section 18 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, while seeking access to the site.

The petitioners emphasised that the current situation infringes upon their constitutional right to practise their religion and called for immediate action to restore public access to the site.

Backed up Evidences:

Furthermore, the petition mentioned that during the reign of Akbar, the Ain-i-Akbari was written, which also referred to a prominent temple in Sambhal named Hari Mandir. The text described the temple as being dedicated to Bhagwan Vishnu and the prophesied birthplace of Bhagwan Kalki’s avatar. It further highlighted that the temple held importance during Akbar’s time, suggesting that Hindus had temporarily reclaimed the site before subsequent Mughal interventions.

Ain-i-Akbari read, “There is game in plenty in the Sarkar of Sambel (Sambhal), where the rhinoceros is found.! It is an animal like a small elephant, without a trunk, and having a horn on its snout with which it attacks animals. From its skin, shields are made and from the horn, finger-guards for bow-strings and the like. In the city of Sambal is a temple called Hari Mandal (the temple of Vishnu) belonging to a Brahman, from among whose descendants the tenth avatar will appear in this spot. Hansi is an ancient, the resting-place of Jamal the successor of Shaikh Farid-i-Shakar ganj.“

According to the petition, several archaeological surveys were conducted in Sambhal during 1874–76 by Major-General A. Cunningham, who was the Director General of the ASI. He wrote a report titled “Tours in the Central Doab and Gorakhpur”, which mentioned the architectural elements of the temple that survived the conversion.

Some parts of the book on Sambhal read, “The principal building in Sambhal is the Jami Masjid, which the Hindus claim to have been originally the temple of Hari Mandir. It consists of a central domed room upwards to 20 feet square, with two wings of unequal length, that to the north being 500 feet 6 inches, while the southern wing is only 38 feet 1 1⁄2 inches. Each wing has three arched openings in front, which are all of different widths, varying from 7 feet to 8 feet.”

24 November, 24

Violence erupted in Sambhal after a court-ordered survey at Jama Masjid, as Islamists gathered and started pelting stones at the police. They resorted to arson and clashed with the police present at the scene. The police had to resort to tear gas and baton charge to control the Islamist mob. Several vehicles were set ablaze in the area, and stone pelting continued for hours.

The survey was carried out under the supervision of Advocate Commission. A heavy police force was deployed in the area to ensure the survey proceeded peacefully.

The developments started at around 6:30 AM when a team, including the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, arrived at the mosque to conduct the survey. A mob of around 2,000 Muslims gathered outside the mosque and demanded the survey to be stopped.

When the police tried to intervene, the mob started pelting stones, which forced the authorities to retreat briefly. Sources at the site of the incident said that SDM and PRO of SP Sambhal were among the injured as Islamists allegedly attacked the police. Several vehicles belonging to Sambhal police were set ablaze by the Islamist mob. Furthermore, the sources said that Islamists from nearby areas also reached Jama Masjid and joined the mob.

During the survey, however, Muslims living in the area gathered outside the Jama Masjid and raised religious slogans. The District Magistrate of Sambhal confirmed that the survey was completed in around two hours and stated that a report would be submitted to the Civil Court, which will review it on the next date of hearing, 29th November 2024.

Meanwhile, All India Muslim Jamaat Chief Shahbuddin Razvi Barelvi appealed to the minority community in Sambhal to maintain peace and tranquillity, and not to indulge in vandalism and stop stone pelting.

Kakanmath Temple, Morena

Kakanmath Temple, Morena

Kakanmaṭh is a ruined 11th century Shiva temple located at Sihoniya in Madhya Pradesh, India. It was built by the Kachchhapaghata ruler Kirttiraja during 1015 – 1035 AD. Only a part of the original temple complex now survives. Some of the sculptures from the site are now located at Gwalior.

The temple is located in the interior of a small village called Sihoniya, which is approximately 65 north of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The presence of this temple influences the surrounding and the village because of it being a popular place to visit. When one holds the eye on the structure, they may fail to believe that so many stone slabs together piled up forming this mighty structure.

Upon entering the temple on the right side at a raised area there lies this structure which is surrounded by many subparts, which are broken. The pieces are scattered all over the raised land, and it also becomes difficult to reach it. As the terrain is not plain and there lies big holes and stone slabs kept in an unjust manner.

There is a shivling present near the structure. The base is partially broken as seen in the image below. It is on a raised platform with some stone slabs kept on top of each other. 

There are hundreds of small stone slabs, all broken and destroyed. These are just kept piled up on top of each other, the visuals below are from the surrounding of the above garbhagriha.

The tall structure stands still, a true marvellous creation seen upon looking closer it feels that the structure might fall down anytime. At the back side of the main temple there are few rods and support are seen which makes the structure stable from the back side.

These corridors, finely structured with necessary gaps, are quite a piece of architecture. The open sky on top of the temple and these pillars represent beauty. The entire structure is relying on the placements of the stone, and there are no additional cements or any other material used.

Upon climbing the stairs this view opens up to the eyes of the viewers, one might feel inferior in front of these mighty pillars. The dark opening which can be seen below is the main shrine of the temple.

 

This is the center of the pathway to the main shrine and there is a wide opening which is open to the sky. The pillars and stone slabs just balanced on the geometry basis are indeed very captivating and become hard to believe when seen. 

The entrance to the main shrine is on an elevated platform.

The outer portion of the main shrine is engraved with such beautiful stone architecture and portrays the level of architecture that existed back in time, though most of them were broken during invasions but as the time has also passed there condition still remains worth setting as examples. The details and the finishes are astonishing.

There is a single shivling in the main Garbhagriha of the temple, it also consists of the snake around the ling’s neck.

A complete circle around the main garbhagriha consists of these marvel sculptures which are present throughout.

Behind the main garbhagriha there are few rods and supports which are helping the structure to stand and these are just kept in support of some slabs lying there on the floor.


The beautiful sculptures surround the temple and every detail becomes a must see for the visitors. With such precision and absolute skill the artisans might have carved it but it has been mercilessly destroyed during the invasions.


There is a void at a raised section in one of the walls, and it would be possible that there was another marvel sculpture which might have been broken or looted.


The structure of the temple standing at 115 feet and evidently seen as heavily decorated represents nothing but the great Indian Architecture and the quality carvings done.


The mighty pillars surely are a majestic and marvellous creation, by looking at these pictures it is clearly understood the amount of labour and funds it would have taken to create this.

These pictures represent the walls of the outer side of the monument and every bit of it is covered with sculptures and carvings like these, take a moment to please your eyes with these awe spiring visuals. 

We must not forget that the temple is still lying in ruins and needs necessary adjustments and renovation to be done for the safety of the visitors. The stone slabs are just adjusted with the help of basic balance and geometry and there is no fixed cement or liquid which holds it up.

Most of the structures are in pieces and when looking it can be understood there are so many unidentified pieces which need to be kept in their proper place.

There is a mighty gate present approx. to 30m distance from the main stairs of the big structure.

The temple is listed under ASI, there is a pandit and a caretaker who takes care of the temple premises, and there is just ordinary ritual conducted by the pandit.

At the entrance there is an empty space for parking, the road to the temple is not maintained and everyday there are local visitors seen in the premises of the temple. Astonishing fact is that overall the structure of the temple looks like it could fall anytime even with slightest of breeze but is evidently standing strong and it surely needs some renovation for the safety of the visitors and the deity. Th sculptures are not arranged properly and these need to be kept in order.

There are hundreds of unidentified broken slaps and sculptures surrounded in the main premises of the temple.

There is a well which is quite deep in the premises as well as an office which is mostly closed.

The condition of the temple is just at the edge of being somehow existing but it surely needs some genuine fixations along with the presence of strong administration.

Chausath Yogini Temple, Morena

The Chausath Yogini Temple, Mitaoli is an 11th-century temple in Morena district in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Built during Kachchhapaghata reign, it is one of the well-preserved Yogini temples in India. The temple is formed by a circular wall with 65 chambers, apparently for 64 yoginis and the goddess Devi, and an open mandapa in the centre of a circular courtyard, sacred to Shiva.

The temple is located on a hill about 100 feet (30 m) in height; there are 100 steps to climb up to the entrance. It is circular with a radius of 170 feet (52 m),while inside it has 65 small chambers, each with a mandapa which is open and a facade of pilasters and pillars. The roof of the ring of shrines is flat, as is that of the central shrine to Shiva; the circular courtyard is hypaethral, open to the sky, with an open porch as its entrance. The parliament building of India is said to have been based on this temple.

The entrance of the main structure looks something like this. The picture on the left is the eye level view when one enters the temple through the small entrance shown as in the picture on the right. There is a single opening in the circular structure and it consists of a wooden door affixed at the gate. 

Upon entering it can be seen that it is externally circular in shape with a radius of 170 feet and within its interior part it has 65 small chambers. The outer circle represents the presence of the 65 yoginis out of which 64 are shivlings and the remaining one is of Devi. The inner shrine is also completely circular in structure, all the stone slabs are rectangular in shapes but placed in such a manner that it ultimately appears to be circular.

The 64 chambers look something like this, and most of them are of this structure. These look very identical in appearance, there is also a mention of serial nos. with a chalk probably done by a local or caretaker.

This particular chamber is present at the half of the sphere, and interestingly appears right behind the central shrine. Its design is different from the rest of the chambers but the structure is of exact size, the pillar if noticed has many small engravings designed, this is not found in other chambers. The structures are also broken, probably during the foreign invasions.

The pillars of this temple represent royal elements and their designs, with such pure majesticity it truly brings us back to the 11th century architecture. The structure is purely made of stone and engraved in such a manner that it holds the eye of the viewer. 

Within the main central shrine there are slab coverings which have perforations in them to drain rainwater to a large underground storage. The pipe lines from the roof leading the rain water to the storage are also visible.

This shrine is present exactly at the centre of the whole structure and is magnificently standing, there is a pair of stairs to reach the height of the raised structure. It only holds one main shrine with a wooden door, and is enclosed. According to experts and researchers the main garbhagriha should have been open to the sky but it was seen to be enclosed with a stone slab from the top.

Interestingly at the inner circle there is a shivling exposed open on the raised platform, though it has some cracks at the bottom, this outstands all other shivlings present in this temple, as it appears to be the biggest in size, and also the peculiar location of it makes it more intriguing. On entering the inner circle it appears to be on the right side. 

The main shrine of the temple appears to be inside this main chamber on the inner circle.

There are two shivlings present inside and a raised plinth behind them, the interior is of plain stone slab and does not have any engravings as such.

On the entrance there a wooden door opens into this enclosed chamber, and on the border walls there seems to be something written on ancient texts, but due to rapid changes of weather and many invasions the text appears partial.

It is believed that only a main poojari or a couple enters this shrine and performs the rituals, the size restricts many people from entering together.

Also there should not have been any enclosing from top of this chamber but supposedly the ASI body had kept it that way.

At the hilltop the temple structure appears to be circular, and a raised plinth with a staircase provides the entrance and exit of the temple as one. It is designed in such a way that no one can go behind the structure neither from left nor from right as it stands at the top of the hill. 

Before the entrance there is wide space and at a distance of around 20 metres there is another structure present with a raised platform.

The design of the temple has withstood earthquake shocks, without any damage to its circular structural features, in the past several centuries. The temple is in the Seismic Zone III.
Many of these curious visitors have compared this temple with the Indian parliament building (Sansad Bhawan) as both are circular in style. Many have drawn conclusions that this temple was the inspiration behind the Sansad Bhawan.

The distant structure appears like this, the main circular structure appears behind the raised platform. Thus is a west facing shrine and on the inside it appears to be empty.


The missing deity with ornaments is believed to be present in the ASI museum of Gwalior.

On noticing the doorway of this structure is presented with many small stone cuttings designed beautifully, it appears to be eye pleasing but on the inside as it appears to be empty there is no ritual performed. But the raised structure does not have any boundary or support as it is raised to a certain height and when on top of it certain precautions are to be taken.

The temple at evening has a magnificent view and it just takes away the senses, the beauty of it and the presence of the natural elements and its location all completely serves the purpose of such a powerful temple. 

Though the architecture of the temple appears to be unique, its making serves a greater purpose and not everyone can understand the rituals this temple is capable of. 

  The temple has a great scenic beauty from its hilltop. 

There were no evident caretakers or pandits in the temple, a watchman is seen at the main entrance gate of the hill, the gates close to entry at 5 pm. There are also some lights installed by ASI, but they do not light it up. There is also a local shop opposite the main gate of the temple.

The need to Reclaim Shardapeeth

Article by Nayandeep

In lives of men, nations and civilizations, there comes a time when one is forced to look back and see the civilizational threats, which if not dealt with often confine the ignorer to the pages of history with their epitaphs written by those who wiped them out. The only inexplicable community is the Hindus, holders of the most ancient civilization yet not a match to their own collective ancestors.

A 237 BC temple known popularly as Shardapeeth located 6499 feet above sea level in the village of Sharda near the river Neelam was stripped of its dignity by the extremist government of Pakistan. The outer part of temple was demolished to make way for a coffee home. Yes you read it right a coffee shop.

Apart from a mention here or a news discussion there to cover up for the lack of any news not much respond came from the Hindu society or those who take and enjoy power in the name of protecting all things Hindu. This when others gather from all over and all parts of life to fight for what was not even theirs to begin with, what changed in the Hindu consciousness after having defended its temples and the right to exist for well over a thousand years.

Is it that the secular state has molded us to a particular way of thinking or is it that we have entrusted our civilizational duties to the government. The walls of Shardapeeth where the Goddess of learning reside were broken away and carried off and not a word of protest from the powers that be.

Along with the almost dead movement to retake Pakistan occupied Kashmir it seems the retaking of the Shardapeeth has been confined to mere electoral rallies now. When temples within this secular state are in litigation despite clear case of destruction and taking over then what chance does The Shardapeeth have.

Shardapeeth was instrumental in spreading the Sharda dialect all over north India and in the words of Al-Biruni in chronicles of India “A most revered place of Worship”. Kalhana in the Epic Rajatarangini describes it as a site of popular veneration and to further know of Shardapeeth’s importance one should know that Saraswat Brahmins from Karnataka still carry on the tradition of prostrating towards the Shardapeeth.

A Peeth where goddess of learning was described as taking the form of a Swan and swim in the river has fallen to such times that its destruction is neither being opposed nationally nor is a plan in place to take it back in order to bring it to its ancient glory.

It’s time to self reflect especially in an nation where those working for the civilizational causes struggle for resources and are often back stabbed for political reasons. May these lines awaken those who are awake but asleep towards their own Heritage.

“Namaste Sharda Devi Kashmira Mandala Vasani”

“We Bow to the Goddess Sharda who lives in Kashmir”

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Uttar Pradesh

List of Masjids in Uttar Pradesh which was built by destroying Hindu temples

LIST OF MOSQUES IN UTTAR PRADESH WHICH WERE BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING THE HINDU TEMPLES

We give below, state-wise and district-wise, the particulars of Muslim monuments which stand on the sites and/or have been built with the materials of Hindu temples, and which we wish to recall as witnesses to the role of Islam as a religion and the character of Muslim rule in medieval India. The list is the result of a preliminary survey. Many more Muslim monuments await examination. Local traditions which have so far been ignored or neglected have to be tapped on a large scale.
We have tried our best to be exact in respect of locations, names and dates of the monuments mentioned. Even so, some mistakes and confusions may have remained. It is not unoften that different sources provide different dates and names for the same monument. Many Muslim saints are known by several names, which create confusion in identifying their mazars or dargahs. Some districts have been renamed or newly, created and a place which was earlier under one district may have been included in another. We shall be grateful to readers who point out these mistakes so that they can be corrected in our major study. This is only a brief summary.

Sita Ram Goel
It should be kept in mind that the list below doesn’t include all the temples destroyed by Muslims and which were converted to mosques. The below is the list of mosques and Dargahs where evidences exists of having been made after destroying the temples at these locations. In many mosques, Muslim rulers were able to eradicate all signs of temples, and hence not given in below list.
Anyone is free to visit the below list of mosques and see the remnants and materials of Hindu temples used in their construction. Archaeological Survey of India should conduct an excavation of below mosques to find out more about the ancient temples in these locations and possible mass graves around the mosque sites.

I. AGRA DISTRICT
Agra
1. Kalan Masjid in Saban Katra (1521). Temple materials used.
2. Humayun-ki-Masjid at Kachhpura (1537-38). Temple site.
3. Jami Masjid of Jahanara (1644). Temple site.
4. Dargah of Kamal Khan Shahid in Dehra Bagh. Temple material uses.
5. Riverside part of the Fort of Akbar. Jain Temple sites.
6. Chini ka Rauza. Temple site.
Bisauli
7. Masjid (1667-68). Temple site.
Fatehpur Sikri
8. Anbiya Wali Masjid and several others in Nagar. Converted temples.
9. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
10. Dargah of Shykh Salim Chishti. Temple site.
11. Fatehpur Sikri Complex. Several temple sites.
Firozabad
12. Qadim Masjid. Temple site.
Jajau
13. Masjid. Temple site.
Rasulpur
14. Mazar of Makhdum Shah. Temple site.
Sikandra
15. Maqbara of Akbar. Temple site.
16. Masjid in the Mission Compound. Temple site.
II. ALIGARH DISTRICT
Aligarh
17. Idgah (1562-63). Temple site.
18. Dargah of Shykh Jalalud-Din Chishti Shamsul-Arifin. Temple site.
19. Graveyard with several Mazars. Temple site.
20. Shershahi Masjid (1542). Temple site.
21. Masjid (1676). Temple site.
Pilkhana
22. Babari or Jami Masjid (1528-29). Temple: materials used.
Sikandara Rao
23. Jami Masjid (1585). Temple site.
III. ALLAHABAD DISTRICT
Allahabad
24. Fort of Akbar. Temple sites.
25. Khusru Bagh. Temple sites.
26. Dargah of Shah Ajmal Khan with a Graveyard. Temple site.
27. Masjid (1641-22). Temple site.
28. Gulabbari Graveyard. Temple site.
Koh Inam
29. Jami Masjid (1384). Temple site.
Mauima
30. Qadim Masjid. Temple site.
Shahbazpur
31. Masjid (1644-45). Temple site.
IV. AZAMGARH DISTRICT
Dohrighat
32. Kalan Masjid. Temple site.
Ganjahar
33. Masjid (1687-88). Temple site.
Mehnagar
34. Tomb of Daulat or Abhiman. Temple site.
Nizambad
35. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
36. Mazar of Mian Maqbul and Husain Khan Shahid (1562). Temple sites.
Qasba
37. Humayuns Jami Masjid (1533-34). Temple site.
V. BADAUN DISTRICT
Alapur
38. Alamgiri Masjid. Temple materials used.
Badaun
39. Shamsi or Jami Masjid (1233). Temple materials used.
40. Shamsi Idgah (1209). Temple materials used.
41. Hauz-i-Shamsi (1203). Temple materials used.
42. Dargah of Shah Wilayat (1390). Temple site.
43. Several other Masjids and Mazars. Temple sites.
Sahiswan
44. Jami Masjid (1300). Temple site.
Ujhani
45. Abdullah Khan-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
VI. BAHRAICH DISTRICT
46. Dargah of Salar Masud Ghazi. Suryadeva Temple site.
VII. BALLIA DISTRICT
Kharid
47. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
48. Dargah of Ruknud-Din Shah. Temple site.
VIII. BANDA DISTRICT
Augasi
49. Masjid (1581-82). Temple site.
Badausa
50. Masjid (1692). Temple site.
Kalinjar
51. Masjid in Patthar Mahalla (1412-13). Converted Lakshmi-Narayana Temple.
52. Masjid (1660-61). Temple site.
53. Several other Masjids and Mazars. Temple sites.
Soron
54. Dargah of Shykh Jamal. Temple site.
IX. BARA BANKI DISTRICT
Bhado Sarai
55. Mazar of Malamat Shah. Temple site.
Dewa
56. Dargah of Haji Waris Ali Shah. Temple site.
57. Masjid (1665). Temple site.
Fatehpur
58. Masjid. Temple site.
59. Imambara. Temple site.
Radauli
60. Masjid. Temple site.
61. Dargah of Shah Ahmad and Zuhra Bibi. Temple site.
Rauza Gaon
62. Rauza of Daud Shah. Temple site.
Sarai-Akbarabad
63. Masjid (1579-80). Temple site.
Satrikh
64. Dargah of Salar Sahu Ghazi. Temple site.
X. BAREILLY DISTRICT
Aonla
65. Begum-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
66. Maqbara of Ali Muhammad Rohilla. Temple site.
Bareilly
67. Mirzai Masjid (1579-80). Temple site.
Faridpur
68. Fort built by Shykh Farid. Temple materials used.
XI. BIJNOR DISTRICT
Barmih-ka-Khera
69. Masjid. Temple materials used.
Jahanabad
70. Maqbara of Nawab Shujaat Khan. Temple site.
Kiratpur
71. Fort with a Masjid inside. Temple materials used.
Mandawar
72. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
Najibabad
73. Patthargarh Fort. Temple materials used.
Nihtaur
74. Masjid. Temple site.
Seohara
75. Masjid. Temple site.
XII. BULANDSHAHAR DISTRICT
Aurangabad Sayyid
76. All Masjids stand on temple sites.
Bulandshahar
77. Dargah. Temple site.
78. Fort. Materials of many temples used.
79. Idgah. Temple site.
80. Masjid (1311). Temple site.
81. Masjid (1538). Temple site.
82. Masjid (1557). Temple site.
Khurja
83. Mazar of Makhdum Sahib. Temple site.
Shikarpur
84. Several Masjids built in Sikandar Lodis reign. Temple sites.
Sikandarabad
85. Several Masjids built in Sikandar Lodi a reign. Temple sites.
XIII. ETAH DISTRICT
Atranjikhera
86. Mazar of Hazrat Husain (or Hasan). Temple site.
Jalesar
87. Mazar of Miran Sayyid Ibrahim (1555). Temple site.
88. Fort. Temple materials used.
Kasganj
89. Jami Masjid (1737-38). Temple site.
Marahra
90. Masjid and Mazar. Temple site.
Sakit
91. Qadim Masjid (1285). Temple materials used.
92. Akbari Masjid (1563). Temple site.
XIV. ETAWAH DISTRICT
Auraiya
93. Two Masjids. Temple sites.
Etawah
94. Jami Masjid. Converted temple.
Phaphund
95. Masjid and Mazar of Shah Bukhari (d.1549). Temple site.
XV. FARRUKHABAD DISTRICT
Farrukhabad
96. Several Masjids. Temple materials used.
Kannauj
97. Dina or Jami Masjid (1406). Sita-ki-Rasoi. Temple materials used.
98. Dargah of Makhdum Jahanian. Temple materials used.
99. Dargah of Baba Haji Pir. Temple site.
100. Masjid (1663-64). Temple site.
101. Dargah of Bala Pir. Temple site.
Rajgirhar
102. Mazar of Shykh Akhi Jamshed. Temple site.
Shamsabad
103. All Masjids and Mazars. Temple sites.
XVI. FATEHPUR DISTRICT
Haswa
104. Idgah (1650-51). Temple site.
Hathgaon
105. Jayachandi Masjid. Temple materials used.
106. Dargah of Burhan Shahid. Temple site.
Kora (Jahanabad)
107. Dargah of Khwaja Karrak. Temple site.
108. Jami Masjid (1688-89). Temple site.
Kot
109. Ladin-ki-Masjid (built in 1198-99, reconstructed in 1296). Temple site.
XVII. FAISABAD DISTRICT
Akbarpur
110. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
111. Masjid (1660-61). Temple site.
Ayodhya
112. Babari Masjid. Rama-Janmabhumi Temple site.
113. Masjid built by Aurangzeb. Swargadvara Temple site.
114. Masjid built by Aurangzeb. Treta-ka-Thakur Temple site.
115. Mazar of Shah Juran Ghuri. Temple site.
116. Mazars of Sir Paighambar and Ayub Paighambar near Maniparvat. On the site of a Buddhist Temple which contained footmarks of the Buddha.
Fyzabad
117. Imambara. Temple site.
Hatila
118. Mazar of a Ghazi. Alokanatha Mahadeva. Temple site.
Kichauchha
119. Dargah of Makhdum Ashraf in nearby Rasulpur. Temple site.
XVIII. GHAZIPUR DISTRICT
Bhitri
120. Masjid and Mazar. Temple materials used.
121. Idgah. Temple site.
122. Bridge below the Idgah. Buddhist Temple materials used.
Ghazipur
123. Mazar and Masjid. Temple site.
124. Chahal Situn Palace. Temple site.
Hingtar
125. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple materials used.
126. Fort. Temple materials used.
Khagrol
127. Bara Khamba or Dargah of Shykh Ambar. Temple site.
Saidpur
128. Two Dargahs. Converted Buddhist Temples.
XIX. GONDA DISTRICT
Sahet-Mahet (Sravasti)
129. Maqbara. On the plinth of Sobhnath Jain Temple.
130. Mazar of Miran Sayyid. On the ruins a Buddhist Vihara.
131. Imli Darwaza. Temple materials used.
132. Karbala Darwaza. Temple materials used.
XX. GORAKHPUR DISTRICT
Gorakhpur
133. Imambara. Temple site.
Lar
134. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Pava
135. Karbala. On the ruins of a Buddhist Stupa.
XXI. HAMIRPUR DISTRICT
Mahoba
136. Masjid outside Bhainsa Darwaza of the Fort (1322). Converted temple.
137. Masjid built on a part of the Palace of Parmardideva on the Hill. Temple materials used.
138. Two Maqbaras. Temple materials used.
139. Dargah of Pir Muhammad Shah. Converted Siva temple.
140. Dargah of Mubarak Shah and Graveyard nearby. Contain no less than 310 pillar from demolished temples.
Rath
141. Two Maqbaras. Temple materials used.
XXII. HARDOI DISTRICT
Bilgram
142. Sayyidon-ki-Masjid. Temple materials used.
143. Jami Masjid (1438). Temple materials used.
144. Several other Masjids and Dargahs. Temple materials used.
Gopamau
145. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Pihani
146. Abdul Gafur-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
147. Dargah of Sadr-i-Jahan (1647-48). Temple site.
Sandila
148. Qadim Masjid. Temple site.
149. Mazar in Barah Khamba. Temple site.
XXIII. JALAUN DISTRICT
Kalpi
150. Chaurasi Gumbad complex of tombs. Many temple sites.
151. Dargah of Shah Abdul Fath Alai Quraishi (1449). Temple site.
152. Dargah of Shah Babu Haji Samad (1529). Temple site.
153. Deodhi or Jami Masjid (1554). Temple site.
Katra
154. Masjid (1649). Temple site.
XXIV. JAUNPUR DISTRICT
Jaunpur
155. Atala Masjid (1408). Atala Devi Temple materials used.
156. Dariba Masjid. Vijayachandras Temple materials used.
157. Jhanjari Masjid. Jayachandras Temple materials used.
158. Lal Darwaza Masjid. Temple materials from the Visvesvara Temple at Varanasi used.
159. Hammam Darwaza Masjid (1567-68). Temple materials used.
160. Ibrahim Barbak-ki-Masjid inside the Fort (1360). Temple materials used.
161. Jami Masjid. Patala Devi Temple site.
162. Fort. Temple materials used.
163. Akbari Bridge on the Gomati. Temple materials used.
164. Khalis Mukhlis or Char Anguli Masjid. Temple site.
165. Khan Jahan-ki-Masjid (1364). Temple site.
166. Rauza of Shah Firuz. Temple site.
Machhlishahar
167. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
168. Karbala. Temple site.
169. Sixteen other Masjids. Temple sites.
Shahganj
170. Dargah of Shah Hazrat Ali. Temple site.
Zafarabad
171. Masjid and Dargah of Makhdum Shah (1311 or 1321). Temple materials used.
172. Ibrahim Barbak-ki-Masjid. Converted temple.
173. Zafar Khan-ki-Masjid (1397). Converted temple.
174. Ganj-i-Shahidan. Temple materials used.
175. Fort. Temple materials used.
176. Early Sharqi buildings including many Maqbaras. Temple materials used.
177. Dargah of Asarud-Din. Temple materials used.
XXV. JHANSI DISTRICT
Irich
178. Jami Masjid (1412). Temple materials used.
Lalitpur
179. Basa Masjid (1358). Materials of four temples used.
Talbhat
180. Masjid (1405). Temple site.
181. Dargah of Pir Taj Baj. Temple site.
XXVI. KANPUR DISTRICT
Jajmau
182. Dargah of Alaud-Din Makhdum Shah (1360). Temple site.
183. Idgah (1307). Temple site.
184. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
185. Jami Masjid (renovated in 1682). Temple site.
Makanpur
186. Mazar of Shah Madar. Converted temple.
XXVII. LUCKNOW DISTRICT
Kakori
187. Jhanjhari Rauza of Makhdum Nizamud-Din. Temple materials used.
Lucknow
188. Tilewali. Masjid Temple site.
189. Asafud-Daula Imambara. Temple site.
190. Dargah of Shah Muhammad Pir on Lakshmana Tila renamed Pir Muhammad Hill. Temple site.
191. Mazar of Shykh Ibrahim Chishti Rahmatullah. Temple materials used.
192. Nadan Mahal or Maqbara of Shykh Abdur-Rahim. Temple site.
193. Machchi Bhavan. Temple sites.
Musanagar
194. Masjid (1662-63). Temple site.
Nimsar
195. Fort. Temple materials used.
Rasulpur
196. Masjid (1690-91). Temple site.
XXVIII. MAINPURI DISTRICT
Rapri
197. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
198. Idgah (1312). Temple site.
199. Dargah of Pir Faddu. Temple site.
XXIX. MATHURA DISTRICT
Mahaban
200. Assi Khamba Masjid. Converted temple.
Mathura
201. Idgah on the Katra Mound. Kesavadeva. Temple site.
202. Jami Masjid built by Abdun-nabi (1662). Temple materials used.
203. Mazar of Shykh Farid. Temple materials used.
204. Mazar of Makhdum Shah Wilayat at Sami Ghat. Temple materials used.
Naujhil
205. Dargah of Makhdum Shykh Saheti Sahib. Temple materials used.
XXX. MEERUT DISTRICT
Barnawa
206. Humayun’s Masjid (1538-39). Temple site.
Garhmuktesar
207. Masjid (1283). Temple site.
Hapur
208. Jami Masjid (1670-71). Temple site.
Jalali
209. Jami Masjid (1266-67). Temple materials used.
Meerut
210. Jami Masjid. Stands on the ruins of a Buddhist Vihara.
211. Dargah at Nauchandi. Nauchandi Devi Temple site.
Phalauda
212. Dargah of Qutb Shah. Temple site.
XXXI. MIRZAPUR DISTRICT
Bhuli
213. Masjid in Dakhni Tola. Temple site.
Chunar
214. Mazar of Shah Qasim Sulaiman. Temple site.
215. Fort. Temple materials used.
Mirzapur
216. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
XXXII. MORADABAD DISTRICT
Amroha
217. Jami Masjid. Converted temple.
218. Dargah and Masjid of Shykh Saddu. Temple site.
219. Dargah of Shykh Wilayat. Temple site.
220. Masjid (1557-58). Temple site.
221. Many other Masjids. Temple sites.
Azampur
222. Masjid (1555-56). Temple site.
Bachhraon
223. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Moradabad
224. Jami Masjid (1630). Temple site.
Mughalpura-Agwanpur
225. Masjid (1695-96). Temple site.
Sirsi
226. Qadimi Masjid. Temple site.
Ujhari
227. Mazar of Shykh Daud. Temple site.
Sambhal
228. Jami Masjid. Converted Vishnu Temple.
229. Masjid in Sarai Tarim (1503). Temple site.
230. Mazar of Mian Hatim Sambhali. Temple site.
231. Mazar of Shykh Panju. Temple site.
XXXIII. MUZAFFARNAGAR DISTRICT
Daira Din Panah
232. Mazar of Sayyid Din Panah. Temple site.
Ghausgah
233. Fort and Masjid. Temple materials used.
Jhinjhana
234. Dargah (1495). Temple site.
235. Masjid and Mazar of Shah Abdul Razzaq (1623). Temple site.
Kairana
236. Dargah. Temple site.
237. Masjid (1551). Temple site.
238. Masjid (1553-54). Temple site.
239. Masjid (1617-18). Temple site.
240. Masjid (1630-31). Temple site.
241. Masjid (1651-52). Temple site.
Majhera
242. Masjid and Mazar of Umar Nur. Temple site.
Sambhalhera
243. Two Masjids (1631-32). Temple site.
Thana Bhawan
244. Masjid (1702-03). Temple site.
XXXIV. PILIBHIT DISTRICT
245. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
XXXV. PRATAPGARH DISTRICT
Manikpur
246. Many Masjids and Mazars. On the ruins of demolished temples.
XXXVI. RAMPUR DISTRICT
247. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
XXXVII. RAE BARELI DISTRICT
Datmau
248. Idgah (1357-58). Temple site.
249. Fort. On the ruins of Buddhist Stupas.
250. Masjid (1616). Temple site.
Jais
251. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
252. Masjid (1674-75). Temple site.
Rae Bareli
253. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
254. Jahan Khan Masjid. Temple site.
255. Dargah of Makhdum Sayyid Jafari. Temple site.
256. Fort. Temple materials used.
XXXVIII. SAHARANPUR DISTRICT
Ambahata
257. Masjid (1533-34). Temple site.
258. Masjid (1534-35). Temple site.
Deoband
259. Masjid (1510). Temple site.
260. Masjid (1557). Temple site.
261. Jami Masjid (1677-78). Temple site.
Gangoh
262. Mazar of Shykh Abdul Quddus. Temple site.
263. Three Masjids. Temple sites.
Jaurasi
264. Masjid (1675-76). Temple site.
Kaliyar
265. Dargah of Shykh Alaud-Din Ali bin Ahmad Sabri, a disciple of Baba Farid Shakar Ganj of Pak Pattan. Temple site.
Manglaur
266. Masjid (1285). Temple site.
267. Dargah of Shah Wilayat. Temple site.
Rampur
268. Mazar of Shykh Ibrahim. Temple site.
Saharanpur
269. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Sakrauda
270. Dargah of Shah Ruknud-Din or Shah Nachchan. Temple site.
Sirsawa
271. Mazar of Pir Kilkili Shah. On top of temples destroyed.
XXXIX. SHAHJAHANPUR DISTRICT
Kursi
272. Masjid (1652). Temple site.
Shahjahanpur
273. Bahadur Khan-ki-Masjid (1647). Temple site.
XL. SITAPUR DISTRICT
Biswan
274. Masjid (1637-38). Temple site.
Khairabad
275. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Laharpur
276. Mazar of Shykh Abdur-Rahman. Temple site.
XLI. SULTANPUR DISTRICT
Amethi
277. Mazar of Shykh Abdul Hasan. Temple site.
Isuli
278. Jami Masjid (1646-47). Temple site.
279. Mazar of Sayyid Ashraf Jahangir Simnani. Temple site.
XLII. UNAO DISTRICT
Bangarmau
280. Badi Dargah of Alaud-Din Ghanaun (1320). Temple materials used.
281. Dargah of Jalalud-Din (d.1302). Temple site.
282. Chhoti Dargah (1374). Temple site.
283. Jami Masjid (1384). Temple site.
Rasulabad
284. Alamgiri Masjid. Temple site.
Safipur
285. Dargah of Shah Shafi. Temple materials used.
286. Dargah of Qudratullah. Temple materials used.
287. Dargah of Fahimullah. Temple materials used.
288. Dargah of Hafizullah. Temple materials used.
289. Dargah of Abdullah. Temple materials used.
290. Fourteen Masjids. Temple sites.
XLIII. VARANASI DISTRICT
Asla
291. Shah Jahani Masjid. Temple site.
Varanasi
292. Masjid at Gyanavapi. Visvesvara Temple material used.
293. Masjid at Panchaganga Ghat. Kiritavisvesvara Temple materials used.
294. Masjid and Dargah of Sayyid Fakhrud-Din Sahib Aivi (1375) Temple site.
295. Bindu Madhava Masjid (1669). Converted Bindu-Madhava Temple.
296. Masjid and Mazar at Bakariya Kund. Temple materials used.
297. Adhai Kangra-ki-Masjid in Adampura. Temple site.
298. Darhara Masjid. Temple site.
299. Mazar of Lal Khan at Rajghat. Temple site.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN UTTAR PRADESH THE ABOVE MENTIONED MOSQUES AND DARGAHS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY DESTROYING HINDU TEMPLES. BUT IN MANY OTHER CASES MUSLIMS SUCCEEDED IN REMOVING ALL TRACES OF TEMPLES FROM THE MOSQUES. IN SUCH CASES ONLY AN EXCAVATION BY ASI WILL REVEAL THE DESTROYED TEMPLES.
WHILE MUSLIMS ASK FOR REBUILDING THE ILLEGAL MOSQUE IN AYODHYA, WHY SHOULD NOT HINDUS DEMAND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED TEMPLES IN INDIA?

 

Tamil Nadu

List of Masjids in Tamil Nadu which was built by destroying Hindu temples

LIST OF MOSQUES IN TAMIL NADU WHICH WERE BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING THE HINDU TEMPLES

We give below, state-wise and district-wise, the particulars of Muslim monuments which stand on the sites and/or have been built with the materials of Hindu temples, and which we wish to recall as witnesses to the role of Islam as a religion and the character of Muslim rule in medieval India. The list is the result of a preliminary survey. Many more Muslim monuments await examination. Local traditions which have so far been ignored or neglected have to be tapped on a large scale.
We have tried our best to be exact in respect of locations, names and dates of the monuments mentioned. Even so, some mistakes and confusions may have remained. It is not unoften that different sources provide different dates and names for the same monument. Many Muslim saints are known by several names, which create confusion in identifying their mazars or dargahs. Some districts have been renamed or newly, created and a place which was earlier under one district may have been included in another. We shall be grateful to readers who point out these mistakes so that they can be corrected in our major study. This is only a brief summary.

Sita Ram Goel
It should be kept in mind that the list below doesn’t include all the temples destroyed by Muslims and converted to mosques. The below is the list of mosques and Dargahs where evidences exists of having been made after destroying the temples at these locations. In many mosques, Muslim rulers were able to eradicate all signs of temples, and hence not given in below list.
Anyone is free to visit the below list of mosques and see the remnants and materials of Hindu temples used in their construction. Archaeological Survey of India should conduct an excavation of below mosques to find out more about the ancient temples in these locations and possible mass graves around the mosque sites.

I. CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT
Acharwak
1. Mazar of Shah Ahmad. Temple site.
Kanchipuram
2. Large Masjid. Temple site.
3. Eight other Masjids. Temple sites.
4. Gumbad of Baba Hamid Wali. Temple site.
Karkatpala
5. Mazar of Murad Shah Mastan. Temple site.
Kovalam
6. Dargah of Malik bin Dinar (1593-94). Temple site.
Munropet
7. Masjid. Temple site.
8. Mazar of Shah Ali Mastan. Temple site.
Pallavaram
9. Hill of Panchapandyamalai renamed Maula Pahad and central hall of an ancient Cave Temple turned into a Masjid for worshipping a panja (palm).
10. Mazar of Shykh Husain Qadiri alias Budu ShahId. Temple site.
11. Poonmalle, Mir Jumlas Masjid (1653). Temple materials used.
Rajkoilpetta
12. Mazar of Haji Umar. Temple site.
Rampur
13. Takiya of the Tabqati order of Faqirs. Temple site.
Rayapeta
14. Walajahi Masjid. Temple site.
Walajahbad
15. Masjid. Temple site.
II. COIMBATORE DISTRICT
Annamalai
16. Fort. Repaired by Tipu Sultan with temple materials.
Coimbatore
17. Large Masjid of Tipu Sultan. Temple site.
Sivasamudram
18. Dargah of Pir Wali. Temple site.
III. MADRAS DISTRICT
19. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
IV. MADURA DISTRICT
Bonduvarapetta
20. Masjid. Temple materials used.
Devipatnam
21. Large Masjid. Temple site.
Goripalaiyam
22. Dargah of Khwaja Alaud-Din. Temple site.
Madura
23. Dargah of Khwaza Alaud-Din. Temple site.
Nimarpalli
24. Masjid. Temple materials used.
25. Dargah of Makhdum Jalalud-Din. Temple materials used.
Puliygulam
26. Masjid. Temple site.
Soravandam
27. Masjid. Temple site.
Tiruparankunram
28. Sikandar Masjid on top of the Hill. Stands admist ruins of Brahmanical, Buddhist and Jain temples.
V. NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT
Arcot
A city of temples before its occupation by Muslims.
29. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
30. Tomb of Sadatullah Khan. Atreya Temple materials used.
31. Masjid and Mazar of Tipu Awliya. Temple site.
32. Dargah of Sayyid Husain Shah. Temple site.
33. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
34. Masjid of Shah Husain Chishti. Temple site.
35. Masjid and Gumbad of Papa ShahId. Temple site.
36. Gumbad of Shah Sadiq with a graveyard. Temple site.
37. Masjid and Mazar of Shah Azmatullah Qadiri. Temple site.
38. Masjid of Shykh Natthar. Temple site.
39. Masjid of Murad Shah. Temple site.
40. Masjid of Mir Asadullah Khan. Temple site.
41. Masjid of Maulawi Jamal Ali. Temple site.
42. Masjid and Gumbad of Sayyid Ahmad alias Yar Pir. Temple site.
43. Masjid of Chanda Sahib. Temple site.
44. Masjid of Miskin Shah with Gumbad of Amin Pir. Temple site.
45. Masjid and Mazar of Hazrat Usman Khan Sarwar. Temple site.
46. Masjid in the Maqbara of Mughlani. Temple site.
47. Masjid of Ghulam Rasul Khan. Temple site.
48. Masjid of Shah Ghulam Husain Dargahi. Temple site.
49. Masjid of Hafiz Abdul Aziz. Temple site.
50. Masjid of Hafiz Karimullah. Temple site.
51. Masjid and Gumbad in Tajpura. Temple site. Outside the city
52. Takiya of Qatil Pandu Sarguroh. Temple site.
53. Masjid and Gumbad of Ahmad Tahir Khan. Temple site.
54. Masjid, Khanqah, Graveyard and Gumbad in Hasanpura. Temple site.
55. Gumbad of Hazrat Antar Jami with the Idgah. Temple site.
56. Takiya, of Sabit Ali Shah. Temple site.
57. Masjid and Mazar of Sayyid KarIm Muhammad. Qadiri. Temple site.
58. Masjid of Sadatmand Khan. Temple site.
59. Masjid of Abul-Hasan Zakir. Temple site.
60. Masjid of Daud Beg. Temple site.
61. Masjid and Gumbad of Hazrat Shah Nasir. Temple site.
62. Masjid of Punji. Temple site.
63. Mazar of Yadullah Shah. Temple site.
64. Rangin Masjid. Temple site.
65. House of Relic which has a footprint of the Holy Prophet. Converted temple.
Arni
66. Two Masjids. Temple sites.
67. Dargah of Seven Shahids. Temple site.
Kare
68. Naulakh Gumbad. Converted Gautama and Visvamitra Temple
Kaveripak
69. Idgah. Temple site.
70. Takiya. Temple site.
71. Three Masjids. Temple sites.
Nusratgarh
72. Many Masjids and Mazars in the ruined Fort. Temple sites.
Pirmalipak
73. Mazar of Wajid Shah Champar Posh. Temple site.
Ramna
74. Masjid of Kamtu Shah. Temple site.
75. Takiya of Shah Sadiq Tabqati. Temple site.
Vellore
76. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
77. Chhoti Masjid. Temple site.
78. Mazar of Nur Muhammad Qadiri who laid waste many temples. Temple site.
79. Mazar of Shah Abul-Hasan Qadiri.
80. Mazar of Abdul Latif Zauqi. Temple site.
81. Mazar of Ali Husaini Chishti. Temple site.
82. Mazar of Hazrat Ali Sultan. Temple site.
83. Mazar of Amin Pir. Temple site.
84. Mazar of Shah Lutfullah Qadiri. Temple site.
85. Mazar of Sahib Padshah Qadiri. Temple site.
Walajahnagar
86. Masjid and Mazar of Pir Sahib on the Hill. Temple site.
Wali-Muhammad-Petta
87. Masjid. Temple site.
VI. RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT
Eruvadi
88. Dargah of Hazrat Ibrahim Shahid. Temple site.
89. Mazar of Hazrat Fakhrud-Din Shahid alias Katbaba Sahib. Temple site.
Kilakari
90. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
91. Dargah of Muhammad Qasim Appa. Temple site.
92. Apparpalli Masjid. Temple site.
Periyapattanam
93. Dargah of Sayyid Sultan Wali. Temple site.
Valinokkam
94. Pallivasal Masjid (1417-18). Temple site.
95. Dargah of Katupalli (1425). Temple site.
Ramanathapuram
96. Old Masjid. Temple site.
VII. SALEM DISTRICT
Sankaridurg
97. Masjid on the ascent to the Fort. Temple site.
VIII. SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT
Anandapur
98. Masjid. Temple site.
Chidambaram
99. Lalkhan Masjid. Temple materials used.
100. Nawal Khan Masjid. Temple materials used.
101. Idgah. Temple site.
102. Mazar of Aminud-Din Chishti. Temple site.
103. Mazar of Sayyid Husain. Temple site.
Gingee
104. Masjid (1718). Temple site.
105. Masjid (1732). Temple site.
106. Masjid in the Fort. Temple site.
Kawripet
107. Mazar of Qalandar Shah. Temple site.
Manjakupham
108. Mazar of Shah Abdur-Rahim. Temple site.
Mansurpeta
109. Itibar Khan-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Nallikuppam
110. Masjid. Temple site.
111. Mazar of Shykh Miran Sahib. Temple site.
Pannuti
112. Masjid. Temple site.
113. Gumbad of Nur Muhammad Qadiri. Temple site.
Swamiwaram
114. Masjid. Temple site.
Tarakambari
115. Masjid. Temple site.
116. Mazar of Shykh Ismail Sahib. Temple site.
Tirumalarayanapatnam
117. Mazar of Abdul Qadir Yamini. Temple site.
Warachkuri
118. Mazar of Shah Jalal Husaini. Temple site.
IX. THANJAVUR DISTRICT
Ammapettah
119. Masjid. Temple site.
120. Mazar of Muinud-Din Husain Qadiri. Temple site.
121. Mazar of Shah Jafar. Temple site.
Ilyur
122. Masjid. Temple site.
123. Mazar of Inayatullah Dirwesh. Temple site.
124. Mazar of Muhammad Mastan. Temple site.
125. Mazar of Miran Husain. Temple site.
Karambari
126. Mazar of Arab Sahib. Temple site.
127. Mazar of Mubtala Shah. Temple site.
Kurikyalpalayam
128. Masjid. Temple site.
129. Mazar of Makhdum Haji. Temple site.
130. Mazar of Makhdum Jahan Shah. Temple site.
Kurkuti
131. Gumbad of Hasan Qadiri alias Ghyb Sahib. Temple site.
Kushalpalayam
132. Mazar of Hazrat Taj Firaq Badanshahi. Temple site.
133. Mazar of Hidayat Shah Arzani. Temple site.
134. Mazar of Yar Shah Husainshahi. Temple site.
Nagur
135. Masjid. Temple site.
136. Dargah of Qadir Wali Shah. Temple site.
Urancheri
137. Mazar of Pir Qutbud-Din. Temple site.
Vijayapuram
138. Gumbad of Sultan Makhdum. Temple site.
Wadayarkari
139. Mazar of Bawa Sahib Shahid. Temple site.
X. TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT
Puttur
140. Mazar. Temple materials used.
Tiruchirapalli
141. Dargah of Natthar Shah Wali. Converted Siva Temple. Lingam used as lamp-post.
142. Masjid-i-Muhammadi. Temple site.
143. Mazar of Baba Muhiud-Din Sarmast. Temple site.
144. Mazar of Hazrat Fathullah Nuri. Temple site.
145. Mazar of Shams Paran. Temple site.
146. Mazar of Sayyid Abdul Wahhab. Temple site.
147. Mazar of Shah Fazlullah Qadiri. Temple site.
148. Mazar of Shah Nasirud-Din. Temple site.
149. Mazar of Faridud-Din Shahid. Temple site.
150. Mazar of Hazrat Chand Mastan. Temple site.
151. Mazar of Sayyid Zainul-Abidin at Tinur. Temple site.
152. Mazar of Sayyid Karimud-Din Qadiri. Temple site.
153. Mazar of Alimullah Shah Qadiri called Barhana Shamsir (Naked Sword). Temple site.
154. Mazar of Shah Imamud-Din Qadiri. Temple site.
155. Mazar of Kaki- Shah. Temple site.
156. Mazar of Khwaja Aminud-Din Chisti. Temple site.
157. Mazar of Khwaja Ahmad Shah Husain Chishti. Temple site.
158. Mazar of Shah Bheka. Converted temple.
159. Mazar of Shah Jamalud-Din Husain Chishti. Temple site.
160. Mazar of Qayim Shah who destroyed twelve temples. Temple site.
161. Mazar of Munsif Shah Suhrawardiyya. Temple site.
162. Mazar of Itiffaq Shah. Temple site.
163. Mazar of Sayyid Jalal Qadiri. Temple site.
164. Mazar of Mahtab Shah Shirazi Suhrawardiyya. Temple site.
165. Masjid of Haji Ibrahim where Natthar Shah Wali (see 139 above) stayed on his arrival. Temple site.
Valikondapuram
166. Masjid opposite the Fort. Converted temple.
167. Mazar near the Masjid. Converted temple.
168. Sher Khan-ki-Masjid (1690). Temple site.
169. Old Jami Masjid. Temple site.
XI. TIRUNELVELLI DISTRICT
Ambasamudram
170. Mazar of Hazrat Rahmtullah near the ruined Fort. Temple site.
Kayalpattanam
171. Periyapalli Masjid (1336-37).
172. Sirupalli Masjid. Temple site.
173. Dargah of Nainar Muhammad. Temple site.
174. Marukudiyarapalli Masjid. Temple site.
Tirunelvelli
175. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN TAMIL NADU THE ABOVE MENTIONED MOSQUES AND DARGAHS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY DESTROYING HINDU TEMPLES. BUT IN MANY OTHER CASES MUSLIMS SUCCEEDED IN REMOVING ALL TRACES OF TEMPLES FROM THE MOSQUES. IN SUCH CASES ONLY AN EXCAVATION BY ASI WILL REVEAL THE DESTROYED TEMPLES.
WHILE MUSLIMS ASK FOR REBUILDING THE ILLEGAL MOSQUE IN AYODHYA, WHY SHOULD NOT HINDUS DEMAND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED TEMPLES IN INDIA?

 

Rajasthan

List of Masjids in Rajasthan which was built by destroying Hindu temples

LIST OF MOSQUES IN RAJASTHAN WHICH WERE BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING THE HINDU TEMPLES

We give below, state-wise and district-wise, the particulars of Muslim monuments which stand on the sites and/or have been built with the materials of Hindu temples, and which we wish to recall as witnesses to the role of Islam as a religion and the character of Muslim rule in medieval India. The list is the result of a preliminary survey. Many more Muslim monuments await examination. Local traditions which have so far been ignored or neglected have to be tapped on a large scale.
We have tried our best to be exact in respect of locations, names and dates of the monuments mentioned. Even so, some mistakes and confusions may have remained. It is not unoften that different sources provide different dates and names for the same monument. Many Muslim saints are known by several names, which create confusion in identifying their mazars or dargahs. Some districts have been renamed or newly, created and a place which was earlier under one district may have been included in another. We shall be grateful to readers who point out these mistakes so that they can be corrected in our major study. This is only a brief summary.

Sita Ram Goel
It should be kept in mind that the list below doesn’t include all the temples destroyed by Muslims and converted to mosques. The below is the list of mosques and Dargahs where evidences exists of having been made after destroying the temples at these locations. In many mosques, Muslim rulers were able to eradicate all signs of temples, and hence not given in below list.
Anyone is free to visit the below list of mosques and see the remnants and materials of Hindu temples used in their construction. Archaeological Survey of India should conduct an excavation of below mosques to find out more about the ancient temples in these locations and possible mass graves around the mosque sites.

I. AJMER DISTRICT
It was a Hindu capital converted into a Muslim metropolis. The following monuments stand on the site of and/or are built with materials from temples.
1. Adhai-Din-ka-Jhonpra (1199).
2. Qalandar Masjid at Taragarh.
3. Ganj-i-Shahidan at Taragarh.
4. Dargah of Muinud-Din Chisti (d.1236).
5. Chilia-i-Chishti near Annasagar Lake.
6. Dargah and Mazar of Sayijid Husain at Taragah.
7. Jahangiri Mahal at Pushkar.
8. Shahjahani Masjid (1637).
9. Annasagar Baradari.
II. ALWAR DISTRICT
Alwar
10. Mazar of Makhdum Shah. Temple site.
Bahror
11. Dargah of Qadir Khan. Temple site.
12. Masjid near the Dargah. Temple site.
Tijara
13. Bhartari Mazar. Converted temple.
14. Masjid near the Dargah. Temple site.
III. BHARATPUR DISTRICT
Barambad
15. Masjid (1652-53). Temple site.
Bari
16. Graveyard of Arabs and Pathans. Temple site.
17. Masjid (1510). Temple site.
Bayana
18. Ukha or Nohara Masjid. Converted Usha Temple.
19. Qazipara Masjid (1305). Temple materials used.
20. Faujdari Masjid. Temple materials used.
21. Syyidpara Masjid. Temple materials used.
22. Muffonki Masjid. Temple materials used.
23. Pillared Cloister at Jhalar Baoli. Temple materials used.
24. Idgah near Jhalar Baoli. Temple site.
25. Taleti Masjid in the Bijayagarh Fort. Converted temple.
26. Abu Qandahar Graveyard. Temple site.
27. Masjid in Bhitari-Bahari Mahalla. Vishnu Temple materials used.
Etmada
28. Pirastan. Temple site.
Kaman
29. Chaurasi Khamba Masjid. Converted Kamyakesvara Temple.
30. Fort. Temple materials used.
IV. CHITTAURGARH DISTRICT
31. Mazar of Ghaibi Pir and the surrounding Graveyard. Temple sites.
32. Qanati Masjid in the same area. Temple site.
V. JAIPUR DISTRICT
Amber
33. Jami Masjid (1569-70). Temple site.
Chatsu
34. Chhatri of Gurg Ali Shah (d.1571). Temple materials used.
35. Nilgaron-ki-Masjid (1381). Temple site.
Dausa
36. Jami Masjid (1688-89). Temple site.
Naraina
37. Jami Masjid (1444). Temple materials used.
38. Tripolia Darwaza. Temple materials used.
Sambhar
39. Ganj-i-Shahidan. Temple site.
40. Dargah of Khwaja Hisamud-Din Jigarsukhta. Temple site.
41. Masjid in Mahalla Nakhas (1695-96). Temple site.
42. Masjid in Rambagh (1696-97). Temple site.
Tordi, Khari Baoli. Temple materials used.
VI. JAISALMER DISTRICT
43. Jaisalmer, Faqiron-ka-Takiya. Temple site.
44. Pokaran, Masjid (1704-05). Temple site.
VII. JALOR DISTRICT
Jalor
45. Shahi or Topkhana Masjid (1323). Parsvanatha Temple materials used.
46. Idgah (1318). Temple site.
47. Baoliwali Masjid (1523). Temple site.
Sanchor
48. , Jami Masjid (1506). Temple site.
VIII. JHALAWAR DISTRICT
Sunel
49. Masjid (1466-67). Temple site.
IX. JHUNJHUNU DISTRICT
Narhad
50. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
X. JODHPUR DISTRICT
Jodhpur
51. Yak-Minar-ki-Masjid (1649). Temple site.
Mandor
52. Shahi Masjid. Temple materials used.
53. Ghulam Khan-ki-Masjid. Temple materials used.
54. Dargah of Tanna Pir. Temple materials used.
Pipar City
55. , Jami Masjid (1658). Temple. site.
XI. KOTA DISTRICT
Baran
56. Masjid (1680). Temple site.
Bundi
57. Miran Masjid on the hill east of the town. Temple site.
Gagraun
58. Jami Masjid (1694). Temple site.
59. Dargah of Hazrat Hamidud-Din known as Mittha Shah. Temple site.
Shahabad
60. Sher Shah Suri-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
61. Jami Masjid. (1671-72). Temple site.
62. Dargah of Rahim Khan Data (1534-35). Temple site.
Shergarh
63. Fort of Sher Shah Suri. Brahmanical, Buddhist and Jain temple materials used.
XII. NAGAUR DISTRICT
Amarpur
64. Masjid (1655). Temple site.
Bakalia
65. Masjid (1670). Temple site.
Balapir
66. Masjid. Temple site.
Badi Khatu
67. Shahi Masjid (around 1200). Temple materials used.
68. Qanati Masjid (1301). Temple site.
69. Pahariyon-ki-Masjid and Chheh Shahid Mazars. Temple materials used.
70. Jaliyabas-ki-Masjid (1320). Temple site.
71. Badi and Chhoti Masjid in Mahalla Sayiddan. Temple site.
72. Khanzadon-ki-Masjid (1482). Temple site.
73. Masjid and Dargah of Muhammad Qattal Shahid (1333). Temple materials used.
74. Dhobiyon-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
75. Masjid-i-Sangatrashan (1639). Temple site.
76. Dargah of Baba Ishaq Maghribi (1360). Temple site.
77. Dargah of Samman Shah. Temple sites.
78. Ganj-i-Shahidan. Temple site.
79. Mominon-ki-Masjid (1667). Temple site.
80. Fort. Temple materials used.
Basni
81. Badi Masjid (1696). Temple site.
Chhoti Khatu
82. Dargah of Shah Nizam Bukhari (1670). Temple site.
Didwana
83. Qazion-ki-Masjid (1252). Temple site.
84. Masjid in Gudri Bazar (1357). Temple site.
85. Band (closed) Masjid (1384). Temple site.
86. Shaikon-ki-Masjid (1377). Temple site.
87. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
88. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
89. Havala Masjid. Temple site.
90. Sayyidon-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
91. Takiya-ki-Masjid (1582-83). Temple site.
92. Kachahri Masjid (1638). Temple site.
93. Dhobion-ki-Masjid (1662).
94. Julahon-ki-Masjid (1664). Temple site.
95. Loharon-ki-Masjid (1665). Temple site.
96. Bisatiyon-ki-Masjid (1675-76). Temple site.
97. Mochion-ki-Masjid (1686). Temple site
98. Shah Changi Madari Masjid (1711). Temple site.
99. Idgah. Temple site.
100. Graveyard near Delhi Darwaza. Temple site.
101. Din Darwaza (1681). Temple site.
102. Mazar of Rashidud-Din Shahid. Temple site.
Kathoti
103. Masjid (1569-70). Temple site.
Kumhari
104. Masjid and Dargah of Bala Pir (1496-97). Temple site.
105. Qalandari Masjid. Temple site.
Ladnun
106. Jami Masjid (1371). Temple materials used.
107. Hazirawali or Khalji Masjid (1378-79). Temple site.
108. Shahi Masjid. Temple materials used.
109. Dargah of Umrao Shahid Ghazi (1371). Temple site.
110. Graveyard near the above Dargah. Temple site.
111. Mazar-i-Murad-i-Shahid. Temple site.
Loharpura
112. Dargah of Pir Zahirud-Din. Temple site.
113. Chhoti Masjid (1602). Temple site.
Makrana
114. Jami Masjid. (Sher Shah). Temple site.
115. Masjid near Pahar Kunwa (1653). Temple site.
116. Masjid in Gaur Bas (1678). Temple site.
117. Masjid (1643). Temple site.
Merta
118. Masjid in Salawtan (1625-26). Temple site.
119. Masjid in Gaditan (1656). Temple site.
120. Jami Masjid. (1665). Temple site.
121. Mochiyon-ki-Masjid (1663). Temple site.
122. Ghosiyon-ki-Masjid (1665). Temple site.
123. Mominon-ki-Masjid (1666). Temple site.
124. Masjid in Maharaj-ki-Jagir (1666). Temple site
125. Chowk-ki-Masjid (1670). Temple site.
126. Hajjamon-ki-Masjid (1686-87). Temple site.
127. Miyanji-ki-Masjid (1690-91). Temple site.
128. Sabungaron-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
129. Dargah of Ghaus Pir. Temple site.
130. Takiya Kamal Shah. Temple site.
Nagaur
131. Mazar of Pir Zahirud-Din. Temple site.
132. Dargah of Baba Badr. Temple site.
133. Dargah of Sufi Hamidud-Din Nagauri Chishti. Temple site.
134. Dargah of Shykh Abdul Qadir Jilani. Temple site.
135. Dargah of Makhdum Husain Nagauri. Temple site.
136. Dargah of Ahmad Ali Bapji. Temple site.
137. Dargah of Sayyid Imam Nur (1527). Temple site.
138. Dargah of Shah Abdus-Salam. Temple site.
139. (xi) Dargah of Miran Sahib. Temple site.
140. (xii) Shams Khan Masjid near Shamsi Talav. Temple materials used.
141. (xiii) Jami Masjid (1553). Temple site.
142. (xiv) Ek Minar-ki-Masjid (1505-06). Temple site.
143. (xv) Dhobiyon-ki-Masjid (1552). Temple site.
144. (xvi) Chowk-ki-Masjid (1553). Temple site.
145. (xvii) Mahawaton-ki-Masjid (1567-68). Tempe site.
146. (xviii) Hamalon-ki-Masjid (1599-1600). Temple site.
147. (xix) Shah Jahani Masjid at Surajpole. Converted temple.
148. (xx) Masjid outside the Fort (1664). Temple site.
149. (xxi) Kharadiyon-ki-Masjid(1665). Temple site
150. (xxii) Ghosiyon-ki-Masjid (1677). Temple site.
151. (xxiii) Masjid near Maya Bazar (1677). Temple site.
152. (xxiv) Qalandron-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
153. (xxv) Kanehri Julahon-ki-Masjid (1669). Temple site.
154. (xxvi) Sayyidon-ki-Masjid (1433-34). Temple site.
155. (xxvii) Akhadewali Masjid (1475). Temple site.
Parbatsar
156. Mazar of Badrud-Din Shah Madar. Temple site.
Ren
157. Masjid (1685). Temple site.
Rohal
158. Qazioyn-ki-Masjid (1684). Temple site.
Sojat
159. Masjid (1680-81). Temple site.
XIII. SAWAI MADHOPUR DISTRICT
Garh
160. Qala-ki-Masjid (1546-47). Temple site.
Hinduan
161. Rangrezon-ki-Masjid (1439). Temple site.
162. Masjid in the Takiya of Khwaja Ali. Temple site.
163. Kachahri Masjid (1659-60). Temple site.
164. Bara Khamba Masjid (1665). Temple site.
165. Graveyard east of the Talav. Temple site.
166. Masjid and Mazar of Rasul Shah. Temple site.
Ranthambor
167. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple materials used.
XIV. SIKAR DISTRICT
168. Revasa, Masjid. Temple materials used.
XV. TONK DISTRICT
Nagar
169. Ishakhan Baoli. Temple materials used.
XVI. UDAIPUR DISTRICT
Mandalgarh
170. Alai Masjid. Converted Jain Temple.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN RAJASTHAN THE ABOVE MENTIONED MOSQUES AND DARGAHS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY DESTROYING HINDU TEMPLES. BUT IN MANY OTHER CASES MUSLIMS SUCCEEDED IN REMOVING ALL TRACES OF TEMPLES FROM THE MOSQUES. IN SUCH CASES ONLY AN EXCAVATION BY ASI WILL REVEAL THE DESTROYED TEMPLES.
WHILE MUSLIMS ASK FOR REBUILDING THE ILLEGAL MOSQUE IN AYODHYA, WHY SHOULD NOT HINDUS DEMAND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED TEMPLES IN INDIA?

Punjab

List of Masjids in Punjab which was built by destroying Hindu temples

LIST OF MOSQUES IN PUNJAB WHICH WERE BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING THE HINDU TEMPLES

We give below, state-wise and district-wise, the particulars of Muslim monuments which stand on the sites and/or have been built with the materials of Hindu temples, and which we wish to recall as witnesses to the role of Islam as a religion and the character of Muslim rule in medieval India. The list is the result of a preliminary survey. Many more Muslim monuments await examination. Local traditions which have so far been ignored or neglected have to be tapped on a large scale.
We have tried our best to be exact in respect of locations, names and dates of the monuments mentioned. Even so, some mistakes and confusions may have remained. It is not unoften that different sources provide different dates and names for the same monument. Many Muslim saints are known by several names, which create confusion in identifying their mazars or dargahs. Some districts have been renamed or newly, created and a place which was earlier under one district may have been included in another. We shall be grateful to readers who point out these mistakes so that they can be corrected in our major study. This is only a brief summary.

Sita Ram Goel
It should be kept in mind that the list below doesn’t include all the temples destroyed by Muslims and converted to mosques. The below is the list of mosques and Dargahs where evidences exists of having been made after destroying the temples at these locations. In many mosques, Muslim rulers were able to eradicate all signs of temples, and hence not given in below list.
Anyone is free to visit the below list of mosques and see the remnants and materials of Hindu temples used in their construction. Archaeological Survey of India should conduct an excavation of below mosques to find out more about the ancient temples in these locations and possible mass graves around the mosque sites.

I. BHATINDA DISTRICT
1. Mazar of Baba Haji Rattan (1593). Converted temple.
II. GURDASPUR DISTRICT
Batala
2. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
III. JALANDHAR DISTRICT
Sultanpur
3. Badshahi Sarai. Built on the site of a Buddhist Vihara.
IV. LUDHIANA DISTRICT
4. Dargah and Masjid of Ali Sarmast (1570). Temple site.
5. Qazi-ki-Masjid (1517). Temple site.
V. PATIALA DISTRICT
Bahadurgarh
6. Masjid in the Fort (1666). Temple site.
Bawal
7. Masjid (1560). Temple site.
Samana
8. Sayyidon-ki-Masjid (1495). Temple site.
9. Jami Masjid (1614-15). Temple site.
10. Masjid near Imambara (1637). Temple site.
11. Pirzada-ki-Masjid (1647). Temple site.
VI. ROPAR DISTRICT
12. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
VII. SANGRUR DISTRICT
Sunam
13. Qadimi Masjid (1414). Temple site.
14. Ganj-i-Shahidan. Temple site.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN PUNJAB THE ABOVE MENTIONED MOSQUES AND DARGAHS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY DESTROYING HINDU TEMPLES. BUT IN MANY OTHER CASES MUSLIMS SUCCEEDED IN REMOVING ALL TRACES OF TEMPLES FROM THE MOSQUES. IN SUCH CASES ONLY AN EXCAVATION BY ASI WILL REVEAL THE DESTROYED TEMPLES.
WHILE MUSLIMS ASK FOR REBUILDING THE ILLEGAL MOSQUE IN AYODHYA, WHY SHOULD NOT HINDUS DEMAND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED TEMPLES IN INDIA?

Odisha

List of Masjids in Odisha which was built by destroying Hindu temples

LIST OF MOSQUES IN ODISHA WHICH WERE BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING THE HINDU TEMPLES

We give below, state-wise and district-wise, the particulars of Muslim monuments which stand on the sites and/or have been built with the materials of Hindu temples, and which we wish to recall as witnesses to the role of Islam as a religion and the character of Muslim rule in medieval India. The list is the result of a preliminary survey. Many more Muslim monuments await examination. Local traditions which have so far been ignored or neglected have to be tapped on a large scale.
We have tried our best to be exact in respect of locations, names and dates of the monuments mentioned. Even so, some mistakes and confusions may have remained. It is not unoften that different sources provide different dates and names for the same monument. Many Muslim saints are known by several names, which create confusion in identifying their mazars or dargahs. Some districts have been renamed or newly, created and a place which was earlier under one district may have been included in another. We shall be grateful to readers who point out these mistakes so that they can be corrected in our major study. This is only a brief summary.

Sita Ram Goel
It should be kept in mind that the list below doesn’t include all the temples destroyed by Muslims and converted to mosques. The below is the list of mosques and Dargahs where evidences exists of having been made after destroying the temples at these locations. In many mosques, Muslim rulers were able to eradicate all signs of temples, and hence not given in below list.
Anyone is free to visit the below list of mosques and see the remnants and materials of Hindu temples used in their construction. Archaeological Survey of India should conduct an excavation of below mosques to find out more about the ancient temples in these locations and possible mass graves around the mosque sites.

I. BALESHWAR DISTRICT
1. Jami Masjid in Mahalla Sunhat (163-74). sri Chandi Temple site.
II. CUTTACK DISTRICT
Alamgir Hill
2. Takht-i-Sulaiman Masjid (1719). Temple materials used.
Cuttack
3. Shahi Masjid. Temple site.
4. Masjids in Oriya Bazar. Temple sites.
5. Qadam Rasul Masjid. Temple site.
6. Masjid (1668-69). Temple site.
7. Masjid (1690-91). Temple site.
Jajpur
8. Dargah of Sayyid Bukhari. Materials of many temples used.
9. Jami Masjid built by Nawwab Abu Nasir. Temple materials used.
Kendrapara
10. Masjid. Temple site.
Salepur
11. Masjid. Temple site.
III. GANJAM DISTRICT
Lalapet
12. Masjid (1690). Temple site.

WHILE EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN ODISHA MORE THAN 12 MOSQUES AND DARGAHS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY DESTROYING HINDU TEMPLES, IN MANY CASES MUSLIMS SUCCEEDED IN REMOVING ALL TRACES OF TEMPLES FROM THE MOSQUES. IN SUCH CASES ONLY AN EXCAVATION BY ASI WILL REVEAL THE DESTROYED TEMPLES.
WHILE MUSLIMS ASK FOR REBUILDING THE ILLEGAL MOSQUE IN AYODHYA, WHY SHOULD NOT HINDUS DEMAND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED TEMPLES IN INDIA?

Maharashtra

List of Masjids in Maharashtra which was built by destroying Hindu temples

LIST OF MOSQUES IN MAHARASHTRA WHICH WERE BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING THE HINDU TEMPLES

We give below, state-wise and district-wise, the particulars of Muslim monuments which stand on the sites and/or have been built with the materials of Hindu temples, and which we wish to recall as witnesses to the role of Islam as a religion and the character of Muslim rule in medieval India. The list is the result of a preliminary survey. Many more Muslim monuments await examination. Local traditions which have so far been ignored or neglected have to be tapped on a large scale.
We have tried our best to be exact in respect of locations, names and dates of the monuments mentioned. Even so, some mistakes and confusions may have remained. It is not unoften that different sources provide different dates and names for the same monument. Many Muslim saints are known by several names, which create confusion in identifying their mazars or dargahs. Some districts have been renamed or newly, created and a place which was earlier under one district may have been included in another. We shall be grateful to readers who point out these mistakes so that they can be corrected in our major study. This is only a brief summary.

Sita Ram Goel
It should be kept in mind that the list below doesn’t include all the temples destroyed by Muslims and converted to mosques. The below is the list of mosques and Dargahs where evidences exists of having been made after destroying the temples at these locations. In many mosques, Muslim rulers were able to eradicate all signs of temples, and hence not given in below list.
Anyone is free to visit the below list of mosques and see the remnants and materials of Hindu temples used in their construction. Archaeological Survey of India should conduct an excavation of below mosques to find out more about the ancient temples in these locations and possible mass graves around the mosque sites.

I. AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT
Amba Jogi
1. Fort. Temple materials used.
Bhingar
2. Mulla Masjid (1367-68). Temple site.
Gogha
3. Idgah (1395). Temple site.
4. Morakhwada Masjid (1630). Temple site.
Jambukhed
5. Jami Masjid (1687-88). Temple site.
Madhi
6. Dargah of Ramzan Shah Mahi Sawar. Temple site.
II. AKOLA DISTRICT
Akot
7. Jami Masjid (1667). Temple site.
Balapur
8. Masjid (1717-18). Temple site.
Basim
9. Kaki Shah-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Jamod
10. Masjid. Temple site.
11. Dargah of Pir Paulad Shah. Temple site.
Karanj
12. Astan Masjid (1659). Temple site.
13. Masjid (1669-70). Temple site.
14. Masjid (1698-99). Temple site.
Manglurpir
15. Qadimi Masjid. Temple materials used.
16. Dargah of Pir Hayat Qalandar (d.1253). Temple site.
17. Dargah of Sanam Sahib. Temple site.
Narnala
18. Jami Masjid (1509). Temple site.
19. Alamgiri Masjid. Temple site.
Patur
20. Dargah of Abdul Aziz alias Shykh Babu Chishti (d.1388). Temple site.
Uprai
21. Dargah of Shah Dawal. Temple site.
III. AMRAVATI DISTRICT
Amner
22. Masjid and Mazar of Lal Khan (1691-92). Temple site.
Ellichpur
23. Jami Masjid reconstructed in 1697. Temple site.
24. Darulshifa Masjid. Temple site.
25. Chowk-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
26. Idgah. Temple site.
27. Mazar of Shah Ghulam Husain. Temple site.
28. Mazar of Abdul Rahman Ghazi known as Dulha Shah. Temple site.
Ritpur
29. Aurangzeb’s Jami Masjid (reconstructed in 1878). Temple site.
IV. AURANGABAD DISTRICT
Antur Fort
30. Qala-ki-Masjid (1615). Temple site.
Aurangabad
31. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
32. Lal Masjid. Temple site.
33. Maqbara of Aurangzeb. Temple site.
Daulatabad
34. Jami Masjid (1315). Converted Jain Temple.
35. Yak Minar-ki-Masjid in the Fort. Temple site.
36. Masjid-i-Hauz at Kazipura (1458). Temple site.
37. Idgah (1359). Temple site.
38. Dargah of Pir Kadu Sahib. Converted temple.
39. Fort. Temple materials used.
Gangapur
40. Masjid (1690-91). Temple site.
Kaghzipura
41. Dargah of Shah Nizamud-Din. Temple site.
Khuldabad
42. Dargah of Hazrat Burhanud-Din Gharib Chishti (d. 1339). Temple site.
43. Dargah on Pari-ka-Talao. Converted temple.
44. Mazar of Halim Kaka Sahib. Converted temple.
45. Mazar of Jalalul-Haqq. Temple site.
46. Baradari in Bani Begums Garden. Temple site.
Paithan
47. Jami Masjid (1630). Converted temple.
48. Maulana Sahib-ki-Masjid. Converted Renukadevi Temple.
49. Alamagiri Masjid. Temple materials used.
50. Dargah of Makhdum Husain Ahmad (1507). Temple site.
Taltam Fort
51. Fort. Temple materials used.
Vaijapur
52. Mazars in Nau Ghazi. Temple site.
53. Mazar of Syed Ruknud-Din. Temple site.
V. BEED DISTRICT
Beed
54. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
55. Qazi Sahib-ki-Masjid (1624). Temple site.
56. Masjid in Mahalla Sadr (1704-05). Temple site.
57. Masjid and Dargah of Shahinshah Wali. Temple site.
58. Idgah (1704). Temple site.
VI. MUMBAI DISTRICT
59. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
60. Mazar at Mahim. Temple site.
61. Mazar of Maina Hajjam. Converted Mahalakshmi Temple.
VII. BULDANA DISTRICT
Fathkhelda
62. Masjid (1581). Temple site.
Malkapur
63. Masjid near Qazis house. Temple site.
VIII. DHULE DISTRICT
Bhamer
64. Masjid (1481-82). Temple site.
65. Masjid (1529-30). Temple site.
Erandol
66. Jami Masjid in Pandav-vada. Temple materials used.
Nandurbar
67. Manyar Masjid. Siddhesvaradeva Temple materials used.
68. Dargah of Sayyid Alaud-Din. Temple site.
69. Several Masjids amidst ruins of Hindu temples.
Nasirabad
70. Several old Masjids. Temple sites.
Nizamabad
71. Masjid. Temple site.
IX. JALGAON DISTRICT
Jalgaon
72. Masjid. Temple site.
Phaskhanda
73. Masjid. Temple site.
Shendurni
74. Masjid-i-Kabir (1597). Temple site.
X. KOLHAPUR DISTRICT
Bhadole
75. Masjid (1551-52). Temple site.
Kagal
76. Dargah of Ghaibi Pir. Temple site.
Kapshi
77. Masjid-e-Husaini. Temple site.
Panhala
78. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
79. Dargah of Shykh Saidud-Din. Temple site.
80. Dargah of Bada Imam in the Fort. Temple site.
81. Mazar of Sadoba Pir. Parasara Temple site.
Shirol
82. Jami Masjid (1696). Temple site.
Vishalgarh
83. Mazar of Malik Rihan Pir. Temple site.
XI. NAGPUR DISTRICT
Ramtek
84. Masjid built in Aurangzeb’s reign. Converted temple.
XII. NANDED DISTRICT
Bhaisa
85. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
86. Three Dargahs. Temple sites.
Deglur
87. Mazar of Shah Ziaud-Din Rifai. Temple site.
Kandhar
88. Jami Masjid (1606). Temple site.
89. Masjid and Dargah inside the Fort. Temple materials used.
90. Causeway of the Fort. Temple materials used.
Nanded, Idgah in Khas Bagh. Temple site.
XIII. NASIK DISTRICT
Galna
91. Dargah of Pir Pulad (1581). Temple site.
92. Fort. Temple materials used.
Gondengaon
93. Jami Masjid (1703). Temple site.
Malegaon
94. Dargah of Khaki Shah. Temple site.
Nasik
95. Jami Masjid in the Fort. Converted Mahalakshmi Temple.
Pimpri
96. Mazar of Sayyid Sadraud-Din. Temple site.
Rajapur
97. Masjid (1559). Temple site.
XIV. OSMANABAD DISTRICT
Ausa
98. Masjid (1680). Temple site.
Naldurg
99. Masjid (1560). Temple site.
Parenda
100. Masjid inside the Fort. Built entirely of temple materials.
101. Namazgah near the Talav. Converted Manakevara Temple.
XV. PARBHANI DISTRICT
Khari
102. Mazar of Ramzan Shah. Temple site.
Latur
103. Dargah of Mabsu Sahib. Converted Minapuri Mata Temple.
104. Dargah of Sayyid Qadiri. Converted Somesvara Temple.
Malevir
105. Khadu Jami Masjid. Converted temple.
XVI. PUNE DISTRICT
Chakan
106. Masjid (1682). Temple site.
Ghoda
107. Jami Masjid. Built in 1586 from materials of 33 temples.
Junnar
108. Jami Masjid. Temple Site.
109. Diwan Ahmad-ki-Masjid (1578-79). Temple site.
110. Gundi-ki-Masjid (1581). Temple site.
111. Madar Chilla-ki-Masjid. (1611-12). Temple site.
112. Kamani Masjid on Shivneri Hill (1625). Temple site.
113. Fort. Temple materials used.
Khed
114. Masjid and Mazar of Dilawar Khan. Temple site.
Mancher
115. Masjid at the South-Western Gate. Temple site.
Sasvad
116. Masjid. Built entirely of Hemadapanti temple materials.
XVII. RATNAGIRI DISTRICT
Chaul
117. Mazar of Pir Sayyid Ahmad. Converted Samba Temple.
118. Maqbara near Hinglaj Spur. Temple site.
119. Graveyard. Temple site.
Dabhol
120. Patthar-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Rajpuri
121. Aidrusia Khanqah. Temple site.
Yeshir
122. Jami Masjid (1524). Temple site.
XVIII. SANGLI DISTRICT
Mangalvedh
123. Fort. Temple materials used.
Miraj
124. Masjid (1415-16). Temple site.
125. Jami Masjid (1506). Temple site.
126. Kali Masjid. Temple site.
127. Namazgah (1586-97). Temple site.
128. Dargah of Bada Imam. Temple site.
XIX. SATARA DISTRICT
Apti
129. Masjid (1611-12). Temple site.
Karad
130. Jami Masjid (1575-76). Temple materials used.
131. Qadamagah of Ali (1325). Temple site.
Khanpur
132. Jami Masjid (1325). Temple materials used.
Rahimatpur
133. Masjid. Temple site.
134. Maqbara known as that of Jahangir’s Mother (1649). Temple site.
XX. SHOLAPUR DISTRICT
Begampur
135. Maqbara near Gadheshvar. Temple site.
Sholapur
136. Fort, Temple materials used.
XXI. THANE DISTRICT
Kalyan
137. Dargah of Hazrat Yaqub, Temple site.
138. Makka Masjid (1586). Temple site.
Malanggadh
139. Mazar of Baba Malang. Temple site.
XXII. WARDHA DISTRICT
Ashti
140. Jami Masjid (1521). Temple site.
141. Lodi Masjid (1671-72). Temple site.
Girad
142. Mazar of Shykh Farid. Converted temple.
Paunar
143. Qadimi Masjid. Converted Ramachandra. Temple.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN MAHARASHTRA THE ABOVE MENTIONED MOSQUES AND DARGAHS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY DESTROYING HINDU TEMPLES. BUT IN MANY OTHER CASES MUSLIMS SUCCEEDED IN REMOVING ALL TRACES OF TEMPLES FROM THE MOSQUES. IN SUCH CASES ONLY AN EXCAVATION BY ASI WILL REVEAL THE DESTROYED TEMPLES.
WHILE MUSLIMS ASK FOR REBUILDING THE ILLEGAL MOSQUE IN AYODHYA, WHY SHOULD NOT HINDUS DEMAND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED TEMPLES IN INDIA?
The practice was started by a European Officer and is being blindly followed even after the Britishers left.