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

LIST OF MOSQUES IN GUJARAT 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 are 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. AHMADABAD DISTRICT
Ahmadabad
Materials of temples destroyed at Asaval, Patan and Chandravati were used in the building of this Muslim city and its monuments. Some of the monuments are listed below:
1. Palace and Citadel of Bhadra.
2. Ahmad Shah-ki-Masjid in Bhadra.
3. Jami Masjid of Ahmad Shah.
4. Haibat Khan-ki-Masjid.
5. Rani Rupmati-ki-Masjid.
6. Rani Bai Harir-ki-Masjid.
7. Malik Sarang-ki-Masjid.

8. Mahfuz Khan-ki-Masjid.
9. Sayyid Alam-ki-Masjid.
10. Pattharwali or Qutb Shah-ki-Masjid.
11. Sakar Khan-ki-Masjid.
12. Baba Lulu-ki-Masjid.
13. Shykh Hasan Muhammad Chishti-ki-Masjid.
14. Masjid at Isanpur.
15. Masjid and Mazar of Malik Shaban.
16. Masjid and Mazar of Rani Sipri (Sabarai).
17. Masjid and Mazar of Shah Alam at Vatva.
18. Maqbara of Sultan Ahmad Shah I.
Dekwara
19. Masjid (1387). Temple site.
Dholka
20. Masjid and Mazar of Bahlol Khan Ghazi. Temple site.
21. Mazar of Barkat Shahid (1318). Temple site.
22. Tanka or Jami Masjid (1316). Temple materials used.
23. Hillal Khan Qazi-ki-Masjid (1333). Temple materials used.
24. Khirni Masjid (1377). Converted Bavan Jinalaya Temple.
25. Kali Bazar Masjid (1364). Temple site.
Isapur
26. Masjid. Temple site.
Mandal
27. Sayyid-ki-Masjid (1462). Temple site.
28. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Paldi
29. Patthar-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Ranpur
30. Jami Masjid (1524-25). Temple site.
Sarkhej
31. Dargah of Shykh Ahmad Khattu Ganj Baksh (d. 1445). Temple materials used.
32. Maqbara of Sultan Mahmud Begada. Temple materials used.
Usmanpur
33. Masjid and Mazar of Sayyid Usman. Temple site.
II. BANASKANTHA DISTRICT
Haldvar
34. Mazar of Lun Shah and Gujar Shah. Temple site.

Halol
35. Ek Minar-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
36. Panch Munhda-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
37. Jami Masjid (1523-24). Temple site.
Malan
38. Jami Masjid (1462). Temple materials used.
III. BARODA DISTRICT
Baroda
39. Jami Masjid (1504-05) Temple site.
40. Dargah of Pir Amir Tahir with its Ghazi Masjid. Temple site.
41. Mazar of Pir Ghoda (1421-23). Temple site.
Dabhoi
42. Dargah of Panch Bibi. Temple materials used.
43. Mazar of Mai Dhokri. Temple materials used.
44. Fort. Temple materials used.
45. Hira, Baroda, Mabuda and Nandodi Gates. Temple materials used.
46. Mahundi Masjid. Temple materials used.
Danteshwar
47. Mazar of Qutbudd-Din. Temple site.
Sankheda
48. Masjid (1515-16). Temple site.
IV. BHARUCH DISTRICT
Amod
49. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
Bharuch
50. Jami Masjid (1321). Brahmanical and Jain temple materials used.
51. Ghaznavi Masjid (1326). Temple site.
52. Idgah (1326). Temple site.
53. Chunawada Masjid (1458). Temple site.
54. Qazi-ki-Masjid (1609). Temple site.
55. Mazar of Makhdum Sharifud-Din (1418). Temple site.
Jambusar
56. Jami Masjid (1508-09). Temple site.
Tankaria
57. Badi or Jami Masjid (1453). Temple site.
V. BHAVNAGAR DISTRICT
Botad
58. Mazar of Pir Hamir Khan. Temple site.
Tolaja
59. Idgah and Dargah of Hasan Pir. Temple site.
Ghoda
60. Masjid (1614). Temple site.
VI. JAMNAGAR DISTRICT
Amran
61. Dargah of Dawal Shah. Temple materials used.
Bet Dwarka
62. Dargah of Pir Kirmani. Temple site.
Dwarka
63. Masjid (1473). Temple site.
VII. JUNAGARH DISTRICT
Junagarh
64. Borwad Masjid (1470). Temple site.
65. Jami Masjid in Uparkot. Jain Temple site.
66. Masjid at Mai Gadhechi. Converted Jain temple.
Loliyana
67. Dargah of Madar Shah. Temple site.
Kutiana
68. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Mangrol
69. Rahmat Masjid. Temple materials used.
70. Jami Masjid (1382-83). Temple materials used.
71. JunI Jail-ki-Masjid (1385-86). Temple site.
72. Revali Masjid (1386-87). Temple materials used.
73. Masjid at Bandar. Temple materials used.
74. Dargah near Revali Masjid. Temple materials used.
75. Mazar of Sayyid Sikandar alias Makhdum Jahaniya (1375). Temple materials used.
76. Gadhi Gate. Temple materials used.
Somnath Patan
77. Bazar Masjid (1436). Temple site.
78. Chandni Masjid (1456). Temple site.
79. Qazi-ki-Masjid (1539). Temple site.
80. Pathanwadi Masjid (1326). Temple site.
81. Muhammad Jamadar-ki-Masjid (1420). Temple site.
82. Mithashah Bhang-ki-Masjid (1428). Temple site.
83. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
84. Masjid made out of the Somanatha Temple of Kumarapala.
85. Masjid at the back of the Somanatha Temple. Converted temple.
86. Mota Darwaza. Temple materials used.
87. Maipuri Masjid on the way to Veraval. Temple materials used.
88. Dargah of Mangluri Shah near Maipuri Masjid. Temple materials used.
89. Shahid Mahmud-ki-Masjid (1694). Temple site.
Vanasthali
90. Jami Masjid. Converted Vamana Temple.
Veraval
91. Jami Masjid (1332). Temple site.
92. Nagina Masjid (1488). Temple site.
93. Chowk Masjid. Temple site.
94. Mandvi Masjid. Temple site.
95. Mazar of Sayyid Ishaq or Maghribi Shah. Temple site.
96. Dargah of Muhammad bin Haji Gilani. Temple site.
VIII. KACHCHH DISTRICT
Bhadreshwar
97. Solakhambi Masjid. Jain Temple materials used.
98. Chhoti Masjid. Jain Temple materials used.
99. Dargah of Pir Lal Shahbaz. Jain Temple materials used.
Bhuj
100. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
101. Gumbad of Baba Guru. Temple site.
Munra or Mundra
A Seaport built from the materials of Jain temples of Bhadreshwar which were
demolished by the Muslims
102. Safed Masjid which can be seen from afar was built from the same materials.
IX. KHEDA DISTRICT
Kapadwani
103. Jami Masjid (1370-71). Temple site.
104. Sam Shahid-ki-Masjid (1423). Temple site.
Khambhat
105. Jami Masjid (1325). Jain Temple materials used.
106. Masjid in Qaziwara (1326). Temple site.
107. Masjid in Undipet (1385). Temple site.
108. Sadi-i-Awwal Masjid (1423). Temple site.
109. Fujra-ki-Masjid (1427). Temple site.
110. Mazar of Umar bin Ahmad Kazruni. Jain Temple materials used.
111. Mazar of Qabil Shah. Temple site.
112. Mazar of Shykh Ali Jaulaqi known as Parwaz Shah (1498). Temple site.
113. Mazar of Shah Bahlol Shahid. Temple site.
114. Maqbara of Ikhtiyarud-Daula (1316). Temple site.
115. Idgah (1381-82). Temple site.
Mahuda
116. Jami Masjid (1318). Temple site.
Sojali
117. Sayyid Mubarak-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
X. MEHSANA DISTRICT
Kadi
118. Masjid (1384). Temple site.
119. Masjid (1583). Temple site.
Kheralu
120. Jami Masjid (1409-10). Temple site.
Modhera
121. Rayadi Masjid. Temple site.
Munjpur
122. Jami Masjid (1401-02). Temple site.
Patan
123. Jami Masjid (1357). Temple materials used.
124. Phuti Mahalla or Pinjar Kot-ki-Masjid (1417). Temple site.
125. Bazar-ki-Masjid (1490). Temple site.
126. Masjid in a field that was the Sahasralinga Talav. Temple materials used.
127. Masjid and Dargah of Makhdum Husamud-Din Chishti, disciple of Shykh izamud-Din Awliya ofDelhi. Temple materials used.
128. Gumda Masjid (1542). Temple site.
129. Rangrezon-ki-Masjid (1410-11). Temple site.
130. Dargah of Shykh Muhammad Turk Kashgari (1444-45). Temple site.
131. Dargah of Shykh Farid. Converted temple.
Sami
132. Jami Masjid (1404). Temple site.
Sidhpur
133. Jami Masjid. Built on the site and with the materials of the Rudra-mahalaya Temple of Siddharaja Jayasimha.
Una
134. Dargah of Hazrat Shah Pir. Temple site.
Vijapur
135. Kalan Masjid (1369-70). Temple site.
136. Mansuri Masjid. Temple site.
XI. PANCH MAHALS DISTRICT
Champaner
137. Jami Masjid (1524). Temple site.
138. Bhadra of Mahmud Begda. Temple site.
139. Shahr-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Godhra
140. Masjid. Temple site.
Pavagadh
141. Masjid built on top of the Devi Temple.
142. Panch Munhda Masjid. Temple site.
143. Jami Masjid. Temple site,
Rayania
144. Masjid (1499-1500). Temple site.
XII. RAJKOT DISTRICT
Jasdan
145. Dargah of Kalu Pir. Temple materials used.
Khakhrechi
146. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
147. Dargah of Kamal Shah Pir. Temple site.
Mahuva
148. Idgah (1418). Temple site.
Malia
149. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Morvi
150. Masjid (1553). Temple site.
Santrampur
151. Masjid (1499-1500). Temple site.
XIII. SABARKANTHA DISTRICT
Hersel
152. Masjid (1405). Temple site.
Himmatnagar
153. Moti-Mohlat Masjid in Nani Vorwad (1471). Temple site.
Prantij
154. Fath or Tekrewali Masjid (1382). Temple site.
155. Dargah of Sikandar Shah Shahid (d. 1418). Temple materials used.
XIV. SURAT DISTRICT
Navasari
156. Jami Masjid (1340). Temple site.
157. Shahi Masjid. Temple site.
Rander
The Jains who predominated in this town were expelled by Muslims and all temples of the former were converted into mosques. The following mosques stand on the site of and/or are constructed with materials from those temples:
158. Jami Masjid.
159. Nit Nauri Masjid.
160. Mian-ki-Masjid.
161. Kharwa Masjid.
162. Munshi-ki-Masjid.
Surat
163. Mirza Sami-ki-Masjid (1336). Temple site.
164. Nau Sayyid Sahib-ki-Masjid and the nine Mazars on Gopi Talav in honour of nine Ghazis. Temple sites.
165. Fort built in the reign of Farrukh Siyar. Temple materials used.
166. Gopi Talav (1718). Temple materials used.
Tadkeshwar
167. Jami Masjid (1513-14). Temple site.
XV. SURENDRANAGAR DISTRICT
Sara
168. Darbargadh-ki-Masjid (1523). Temple site.
Vad Nagar
169. Masjid (1694). Stands on the site of the Hatakevara Mahadeva temple.
Wadhwan
170. Jami Masjid (1439). Temple site.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN GUJARAT 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?

Diu

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

LIST OF HINDU TEMPLES DESTROYED AND CONVERTED TO MOSQUES IN DIU BY MUSLIMS

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.

1. Jami Masjid (1404). Temple site.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN DIU THE ABOVE MENTIONED MOSQUE WAS 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?

Delhi

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

LIST OF HINDU TEMPLES DESTROYED AND CONVERTED TO MOSQUES IN DELHI BY MUSLIMS

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.
Islamic invaders destroyed the Hindu cities of Indarpat and Dhillika with their extensive suburbs and built seven cities successively. The following Muslim monuments stand on the site of Hindu temples; temple materials can also be seen.

I. MEHRAULI
1. Quwwatul Islam Masjid (1198).
2. Qutb Minar.
3. Maqbara of Shamsud-Din Iltutmish (1235.)
4. Dargah of Shykh Qutbud-Din Bakhtyar Kaki (d. 1236).
5. Jahaz Mahal.
6. AlaI Darwaza.

7. AlaI Minar.
8. Madrasa and Maqbara of Alaud-Din Khalji.
9. Maqbara of Ghiyaud-Din Balban.
10. Masjid and Mazar of Shykh Fazlullah known as Jamali-Kamali.
11. Madhi Masjid.
II. SULTAN GHARI
12. Maqbara of Nasirud-Din, son of Sultan Shamsud-Din Iltutmish (1231).
III. PALAM
13. Babri (Ghazanfar) Masjid (1528-29).
IV. BEGUMPUR
14. Masjid.
15. Bijai Mandal.
16. Kalu Sarai-ki-Masjid.
17. Mazar of Shykh Najibud-Din Mutwakkal Chishti (d. 1272).
V. TUGHLAQABAD
18. Maqbara of Ghiyasud-Din Tughlaq.
VI. CHIRAGH-DELHI
19. Dargah of Shykh Nasirud-Din Chiragh-i-Dehli (d. 1356).
20. Maqbara of Bahlul Lodi.
VII. NIZAMUDDIN
21. Dargah and Jamat-Khana Masjid of Shykh Nizamud-Din Awliya (d.1325).
22. Kalan Masjid.
23. ChaunsaTh-Khamba.
24. Maqbara of Khan-i-Jahan Tilangani.
25. Chilla of Nizamud-Din Awliya.
26. Lal Mahal.
VIII. HAUZ KHAS
27. Maqbara and Madrasa of Firuz Shah Tughlaq.
28. Dadi-Poti-ka-Maqbara.
29. Biran-ka-Gumbad.
30. Chhoti and Sakri Gumti.
31. Nili Masjid (1505-06).
32. Idgah (1404-00).
33. Bagh-i-Alam-ka-Gumbad (1501).
34. Mazar of Nurud-Din Mubarak Ghaznawi (1234-35).
IX. MALVIYANAGAR
35. Lal Gumbad or the Mazar of Shykh Kabirud-Din Awliya (1397).
36. Mazar of Shykh Alaud-Din (1507).

37. Mazar of Shykh Yusuf Qattal (d. 1527).
38. Khirki Masjid.
X. LODI GARDENS
39. Maqbara of Muhammad Shah.
40. Bada Gumbad Masjid (1494).
41. Shish Gumbad.
42. Maqbara of Sikandar Lodi.
XI. PURANA QILA
43. Sher Shah Gate.
44. Qala-i-Kuhna Masjid.
45. Khairul Manzil Masjid.
XII. SHAHJAHANABAD
46. Kali Masjid at Turkman Gate.
47. Maqbara of Razia Sultan.
48. Jami Masjid on Bhojala Pahadi.
49. Ghata or Zainatul Masjid.
50. Dargah of Shah Turkman (1240).
XIII. RAMAKRISHNAPURAM
51. Tin Burji Maqbara.
52. Malik Munir-ki-Masjid.
53. Wazirpur-ka-Gumbad.
54. Munda Gumbads.
55. Bara-Lao-ka-Gumbad.
56. Barje-ka-Gumbad.
XIV. THE RIDGE
57. Malcha Mahal,
58. Bhuli Bhatiyari-ka-Mahal.
59. Qadam Sharif.
60. Chauburza Masjid.
61. Pir Ghaib.
XV. WAZIRABAD
62. Masjid and Mazar of Shah Alam.
XVI. SOUTH EXTENSION
63. Kale Khan-ka-Gumbad.
64. Bhure Khan-ka-Gumbad.
65. Chhote Khan-ka-Gumbad.
66. Bade Khan-ka-Gumbad.

XVII. OTHER AREAS
67. Maqbara of Mubarak Shah in Kotla Mubarakpur.
68. Kushk Mahal in Tin Murti.
69. Sundar Burj in Sundarnagar.
70. Jami Masjid in Kotla Firuz Shah.
71. Abdun-Nabi-ki-Masjid near Tilak Bridge.
72. Maqbara of Raushanara Begum.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN DELHI 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?

                                                                                      

Bihar

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

LIST OF HINDU TEMPLES DESTROYED AND CONVERTED TO MOSQUES IN UNDIVIDED BIHAR BY MUSLIMS

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. BHAGALPUR DISTRICT

Bhagalpur
1. Dargah of Hazrat Shahbaz (1502). Temple site.
2. Masjid of Mujahidpur (1511-15). Temple site.
3. Dargah of Makhdum Shah (1615). Temple site.
Champanagar
4. Several Mazars. On ruins of Jain temples.
5. Masjid (1491). Jain Temple site.

Sultanganj
6. Masjid on the rock on the river bank. Temple site.
II. GAYA DISTRICT
Amthua
7. Masjid (1536). Temple site.
Gaya
8. Shahi Masjid in Nadirganj (1617). Temple site.
Kako
9. Dargah of Bibi Kamalo. Temple site.
III. MONGHYR DISTRICT
Amoljhori
10. Muslim Graveyard. Vishnu Temple site.
Charuanwan
11. Masjid (1576). Temple site.
Kharagpur
12. Masjid (1656-57). Temple site.
13. Masjid (1695-96). Temple site.
Monghyr
14. Fort Gates. Temple materials used.
15. Dargah of Shah Nafa Chishti (1497-98). Temple site.
IV. MUZAFFARPUR DISTRICT
16. Zaruha, Mamun-Bhanja-ka-Mazar. Temple materials used.
V. NALANDA DISTRICT
Biharsharif
Muslim capital built after destroying Udandapura which had a famous Buddhist Vihara.
Most of the Muslim monuments were built on the site and from materials of temples. The following are some of them:
17. Dargah of Makhdumul Mulk Sharifud-Din. (d. 1380).
18. Bada Dargah.
19. Chhota Dargah.
20. Baradari.
21. Dargah of Shah Fazlullah Gosain.

22. Mazar of Malik Ibrahim Bayyu on Pir Pahadi.
23. Kabiriud-Din-ki-Masjid (1353).
24. Mazar of Sayyid Muhammad Siwistani.
25. Chhota Takiya containing the Mazar of Shah Diwan Abdul Wahhab.
26. Dargah of Shah Qumais (1359-60).
27. Masjid in Chandpur Mahalla.
28. Jami Masjid in Paharpur Mahalla.
Parbati
29. , Dargah of Haji Chandar or Chand Saudagar. Temple materials used.
Shaikhupura
30. Dargah of Shykh Sahib. Temple materials used.
VI. PATNA DISTRICT
Hilsa
31. Dargah of Shah Jumman Madariyya (repaired in 1543). Temple site.
32. Masjid. (1604-05). Temple site.
Jana
33. Jami Masjid (1539). Temple site.
Kailvan
34. Dargah and Masjid. Temple site.
Maner
All Muslim monuments stand on temple sites. The following are prominent among them:
35. Bada Dargah of Sultanul Makhdum Shah Yahya Maneri.
36. Dargah of Makhdum Daulat Shah.
37. Jami Masjid.
38. Mazar of Haji Nizamud-Din.
Muhammadpur, Jami Masjid (1510-11). Temple site.
Patna
39. Patthar-ki-Masjid (1626). Temple materials used.
40. Begu Hajjam-ki-Masjid (1510-11). Temple materials used.
41. Muslim Graveyard outside the Qiladari. On the ruins of Buddhist Viharas.
42. Dargah of Shah Mir Mansur. On the ruins of a Buddhist Stupa.
43. Dargah of Shah Arzani. On the site of a Buddhist Vihara.
44. Dargah of Pir Damariya. On the site of a Buddhist Vihara.
45. Mirza Masum-ki-Masjid (1605). Temple materials used.
46. Meetan Ghat-ki-Masjid (1605). Temple site.
47. Katra Masjid of Shaista Khan. Temple site.
48. Khwaja Ambar Masjid (1688-89). Temple site.
49. Babuganj Masjid (1683-86). Temple site.

50. Sher-Shahi Masjid near Purab Darwaza. Temple site.
51. Chamni Ghat-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Phulwarisharif
52. Dargah of Shah Pashminaposh. Temple site.
53. Dargah of Minhajud-Din Rasti. Temple site.
54. Dargah of Lal Mian. Temple site.
55. Sangi Masjid (1549-50). Temple site.
VII. PURNEA DISTRICT
Hadaf
56. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Puranea
57. Masjid in Keonlpura. Temple site.
VIII. SARAN DISTRICT
Chirand
58. Masjid (1503-04). Temple site.
Narhan
59. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Tajpur-Basahi
60. Mazar of Khwaja Badshah. Temple materials used.
IX. SHAHABAD DISTRICT
Rohtasgarh
61. Masjid of Aurangzeb. Part of a temple converted.
62. Mazar of Saqi Sultan. Temple site.
Sasaram
63. Mazar of Chandan Shahid Pir. Temple site.
X. VAISHALI DISTRICT
Amer
64. Mazar of Pir Qattal. Temple materials used.
Chehar
65. Fort. Temple materials used.
66. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.

Hajipur
67. Haji Ilyas-ki- Masjid. Converted temple.
68. Dargah of Barkhurdar Awliya. Temple site.
69. Dargah of Pir Shattari. Temple site.
70. Dargah of Hajiul Harmain. Temple site.
71. Dargah of Pir Jalalud-Din. Temple site.
Basarh
72. Dargah of Pir Miran. On top of a Buddhist Stupa.
73. Mazar of Shykh Muhammad Faizullah Ali alias Qazin Shattari. Temple site.
74. Graveyard. Many tombs built with temple materials.
75. Masjid. Temple site.
XI. DISTRICT TO BE DETERMINED
Hasanpura
76. Mazar of Makhdum Hasan. On the site of a Buddhist Stupa,
Jhangira
77. Jami Masjid. Temple site.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN BIHAR 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?

Bengal

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

LIST OF HINDU TEMPLES DESTROYED AND CONVERTED TO MOSQUES IN BENGAL BY MUSLIMS

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. BANKURA DISTRICT 
Lokpura
1. Mazar of Ghazi Ismail. Converted Venugopala temple.
II. BARISAL DISTRICT 
Kasba
2. Masjid. Temple site.

III. BIRBHUM DISTRICT 
Moregram
3. Mazar of Sayyid Baba. Temple materials used.
Patharchapuri
4. Maza of Data, or Mahbub Sahib. Temple site.
Rajnagar
5. Several Old Masjids. Temple sites.
Sakulipur
6. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Siyan
7. Dargah of Makhdum Shah (1221). Materials of many temples used.
IV. BOGRA DISTRICT 
Mahasthan
8. Dargah and Masjid of Shah Sultan Mahiswar. Stands on the ruins of a temple.
9. Majid on Siladevi Ghat. Temple materials used.
V. BURDWAN DISTRICT 
Inchalabazar
10. Masjid (1703). Temple site.
Kasba
11. Raja, Masjid. Temple materials used.
Kalna
12. Dargah of Shah Majlis (1491-93). Temple site.
13. ShahI Masjid (1533). Temple site.
Mangalkot
14. Jami Masjid (1523-24). Temple site.
Raikha
15. Talab-wali Masjid. Temple site.

Suata

16. Dargah of Sayyid Shah Shahid Mahmud Bahmani. Buddhist Temple materials site.
17. Masjid (1502-02). Temple site.
VI. CALCUTTA DISTRICT 
Bania Pukur
18. Masjid built for Alaud-Din Alaul Haqq (1342). Temple materials used.
VII. CHATGAON DISTRICT 
19. Dargah of Badr Makhdum. Converted Buddhist Vihara.
VIII. DACCA DISTRICT 
Dacca
20. Tomb of Bibi Pari. Temple materials used.
21. Saif Khan-ki-Masjid. Converted temple.
22. Churihatta Masjid. Temple materials used.
Narayanganj
23. Qadam Rasul Masjid. Temple site.
Rampal
24. Masjid. Converted temple.
25. Dargah of Baba. Adam Shahid (1308). Temple materials used.
Sonargaon
26. Old Masjid. Temple materials used.
IX. DINAJPUR DISTRICT 
Basu-Bihar
27. Two Masjids. On the ruins of a Buddhist Vihara.
Devatala
28. Dargah of Shykh Jalalud-Din Tabrizi, Suhrawardiyyia sufi credited in Muslim histories with the destruction of many, temples. Temple site.
29. Jami Masjid (1463). Vishnu Temple site.
Devikot
30. Dargah and Masjid of Pir Ataullah Shah (1203). Temple materials used.
31. Dargah of Shah Bukhari. Temple materials used.
32. Dargah of Pir Bahaud-Din. Temple materials used.
33. Dargah of Shah Sultan Pir. Temple materials used.

Mahisantosh
34. Dargah and Masjid. On the site of a big Vishnu Temple.
Nekmard
35. Mazar of Nekmard Shah. Temple site.
X. FARIDPUR DISTRICT 
Faridpzir
36. Mazar of Farid Shah. Temple site.
XI. HOOGHLY DISTRICT 
Jangipura
37. Mazar of Shahid Ghazi. Temple materials used.
Pandua
38. Masjid. Temple materials used.
39. Mazar of Shah Safiud-Din. Temple site.
40. Fath Minar. Temple materials used.
Santoshpur
41. Masjid near Molla Pukur (153-310). Temple site.
Satgaon
42. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
Tribeni
43. Zafar Khan-ki-Masjid (1298). Temple materials used.
44. Dargah of Zafar Khan. Temple materials used.
45. Masjid (1459). Temple site.
XII. HOWRAH DISTRICT 
Jangalvilas
46. Pir Sahib-ki-Masjid. Converted temple.
XIII. KHULNA DISTRICT 
Masjidkur
47. Shat Gumbaz. Temple materials used.
48. Mazar of Khanja Ali or Khan Jahan. Temple site.
Salkhira
49. Dargah of Mai Champa. Temple materials used.
XIV. MALDA DISTRICT  

Gangarampur

50. Dargah of Shah Ata. Siva Temple site.
51. Masjid on the river bank (1249). Temple site.
Gaur
Muslim city built on the site and with the ruins of LakshmaNavati, Hindu capital destroyed by the Muslims at the end of the twelfth century A.D. Temple materials have been used in the following monuments:
52. Chhoti Sona Masjid.
53. Qadam Rasul Masjid (1530)
54. Tantipara Masjid (1480)
55. Lattan Masjid (1475)
56. Badi Sona Masjid (1526)
57. Dargah of Makhadum Akhi Siraj Chishti, disciple of Nizamud-Din Awliya of Delhi (1347)
58. Darsbari or College of Theology.
59. Astana of Shah Niamatullah.
60. Chamkatti Masjid (1459).
61. Chikka Masjid.
62. Gunmant Masjid. Converted temple.
63. Dakhil Darwaza.
64. Kotwali Darwaza.
65. Firuz Minar.
66. Chandipur Darwaza.
67. Baraduari Masjid.
68. Lukachuri Masjid.
69. Gumti Darwaza.
Malda
70. Jami Masjid (1566). Temple materials used.
71. Sak Mohan Masjid (1427). Temple site.
Pandua
Another Muslim city built with the ruins of Lakshmanavati. Temple materials have been used in the following monuments.
72. Adina Masjid (1368)
73. Yaklakhi Masjid.
74. Chheh Hazari or Dargah of Nur Qutb-i-Alam (1415).
75. Bais Hazari or Khanqah of Jalalud-Din Tabrizi (1244).
76. Sona Masjid.
77. Barn-like Masjid.
78. Qadam Rasul.

XV. MIDNAPUR DISTRICT 
Gagneswar
79. Karambera Garh Masjid (1509). Shiva Temple site.
Hijli
80. Masnad-i-Ala-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Kesiari
81. Masjid (1622). Mahadeva Temple materials used.
Kharagpur
82. Mazar of Pir Lohani. Temple site.
XVI. MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT 
Chuna Khali
83. Barbak-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Murshidabad
Temple materials have been used in the following monuments:
84. Katra Masjid.
85. Motijhil Lake Embankments.
86. Sangi Dalan.
87. Mahal Sara.
88. Alivardi Khan-ki-Masjid.
89. Hazarduari Mahal.
Rangamati
90. Dargah on the Rakshasi Danga. Stands on the ruins of a Buddhist Vihara.
XVII. NOAKHALI DISTRICT
Begamganj
91. Bajra Masjid. Converted temple.
XVIII. PABNA DISTRICT 
Balandu
92. Madrasa. Converted Buddhist Vihara.

XIX. RAJSHAHI DISTRICT 
Bhaturia
93. Masjid. Shiva Temple materials used.
Kumarpura
94. Mazar of Mukarram Shah. Converted temple.
Kusumbha
95. Old Masjid (1490-93). Constructed entirely of temple materials.
XX. RANGPUR DISTRICT 
Kamatpur
96. Bada Dargah of Shah Ismail Ghazi. Temple site.
97. Idgah on a mound one mile away. Temple materials used.
XXI. SYLHET DISTRICT 
Baniyachung
98. Famous Masjid. Temple site.
Sylhet
99. Masjid of Shah Jalal. Temple site.
100. Mazars of Shah Jalal and many of his disciples. Temple sites.
XXII. 24-PARGANAS DISTRICT 
Barasat
101. Mazar of Pir Ekdil Sahib. Temple site.
Berchampa
102. Dargah of Pir Gorachand. Temple site.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN BENGAL 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?

Assam

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

LIST OF HINDU TEMPLES DESTROYED AND CONVERTED TO MOSQUES IN ASSAM BY MUSLIMS

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 creates 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. DISTRICT KAMRUP
Hajo
1. Poa Masjid (1657). Temple site.
2. Mazar of a Muslim saint who styled himself Sultan Ghiyasud-Din Balban. Temple site.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN ASSAM 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?

 

Andhra Pradesh

 

 

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

LIST OF HINDU TEMPLES DESTROYED AND CONVERTED TO MOSQUES IN ANDHRA PRADESH BY MUSLIMS

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 creates 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. ADILABAD DISTRICT
Mahur
1. Masjid in the Fort on the hill. Temple site.
II. ANANTPUR DISTRICT
Gooty
2. Gateway to the Hill Fort. Temple materials used.
Kadiri
3. Jami Masjid. Temple site.

Konakondla
4. Masjid in the bazar. Temple materials used.
Penukonda
5. Fort. Temple materials used.
6. Masjid in the Fort. Converted Temple.
7. Sher Khans Masjid (1546) Converted Temple.
8. Dargah of Babayya. Converted Azvara Temple.
9. Jami Masjid (1664-65). Temple site.
10. Dargah of Shah Fakbrud-din (1293-94). Temple site.
Tadpatri
11. Jami Masjid (1695-96). Temple site.
12. Idgah completed in 1725-26. Temple site.
Thummala
13. Masjid (1674-75). Temple site.

III. CUDDAPAH DISTRICT                                                                          

Cuddapah
14. Bhap Sahib-ki-Masjid (1692). Temple site.
15. Idgah (1717-18). Temple site.
16. Bahadur Khan-ki-Masjid (1722-23). Temple site.
17. Dargah of Shah Aminud-Din Gesu Daraz (1736-37). Temple site.
Duvvuru
18. Masjid. Temple site.
Gandikot
19. Jami Masjid (1690-91). Temple site.
Gangapuru
20. Masjid. Temple site.
Gundlakunta
21. Dastgiri Dargah. Temple site.
Gurrumkonda
22. Fort and several other Muslim buildings. Temple materials used.
Jammalmaduguu
23. Jami Masjid (1794-95). Temple site.

Jangalapalle
24. Dargah of Dastgir Swami. Converted Jangam temple.
Siddhavatam
25. Qutb Shahi Masjid (restored in 1808). Temple materials used.
26. Jami Masjid (1701). Temple materials used.
27. Dargah of Bismillah Khan Qadiri. Temple materials used.
28. Fort and Gateways. Temple materials used.
29. Chowk-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Vutukuru
30. Masjid at Naligoto. Temple site.
31. Masjid at Puttumiyyapeta. Temple site.
IV. EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT
Bikkavolu
32. Masjid. Temple materials used.
V. GUNTUR DISTRICT
Nizampatnam
33. Dargah of Shah Haidri (1609). Temple site
Vinukonda
34. Jami Masjid (1640-41). Temple site.
VI. HYDERABAD DISTRICT
Chikalgoda
35. Masjid (1610). Temple site.
Dargah
36. Dargah of Shah Wali (1601-02). Temple site.
Golconda
37. Jami Masjid on Bala Hissar. Temple site.
38. Taramati Masjid. Temple site.
Hyderabad
39. Dargah of Shah Musa Qadiri. Temple site.
40. Masjid on the Pirulkonda Hill (1690). Temple site.

41. Toli Masjid (1671). Temple materials used.
42. Dargah of Mian Mishk (d. 1680). Temple site.
43. Dargah of Mumin Chup in Aliyabad (1322-23). Temple site.
44. Haji Kamal-ki-Masjid (1657). Temple site.
45. Begum Masjid (1593). Temple site.
46. Dargah of Islam Khan Naqshbandi. Temple site.
47. Dargah of Shah Daud (1369-70). Temple site.
48. Jami Masjid (1597). Temple site.
Maisaram
49. Masjid built by Aurangzeb from materials of 200 temples demolished after the fall of Golconda.
Secunderabad
50. Qadam Rasul. Temple site.
Sheikhpet
51. Shaikh-ki-Masjid (1633-34). Temple site.
52. SaraiwAli Masjid (1678-79). Temple site.
VII. KARIMNAGAR DISTRICT
Dharampuri
53. Masjid (1693). Trikuta Temple site.
Elangdal
54. Mansur Khan-ki-Masjid (1525). Temple site.
55. Alamgiri Masjid (1696). Temple site.
Kalesyaram
56. Alamgiri Masjid. Temple site.
Sonipet
57. Alamgiri Masjid. Temple site.
Vemalvada
58. Mazar of a Muslim saint. Temple site.
VIII. KRISHNA DISTRICT
Gudimetta
59. Masjid in the Fort, Temple materials used.
Guduru

60. Jami Masjid (1497). Temple materials used.
Gundur
61. Jami Masjid. Converted temple.
Koindapall                                                                                                              

62. Masjid built in 1482 on the site of a temple after Muhammad Shah BahmanI had slaughtered the Brahmin priests on the advice of Mahmud Gawan, the great Bahmani Prime Minister, who exhorted the sultan to become a Ghazi by means of this pious performance.
63. Mazar of Shah Abdul Razzaq. Temple site.
Kondavidu
64. Masjid (1337). Temple materials used.
65. Dargah of Barandaula. Temple materials used.
66. Qadam Sharif of Adam. Converted temple.
Machhlipatnam
67. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
68. Idgah. Temple site.
Nandigram
69. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Pedana
70. Iama-il-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
Rajkonda
71. Masjid (1484). Temple site.
Tengda
72. Masjid. Temple site.
Turkpalem
73. Dargah of Ghalib Shahid. Temple site.
Vadpaili
74. Masjid near Narsimhaswamin Temple. Temple materials used.
Vijaywada
75. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
IX. KURNOOL DISTRICT
Adoni

76. Jami Masjid (1668-69). Materials of several temples used.
77. Masjid on the Hill. Temple materials used.
78. Fort (1676-77). Temple materials used.
Cumbum
79. Jami Masjid (1649). Temple site.
80. Gachinala Masjid (1729-30). Temple site.
Havli
81. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
Karimuddula
82. Dargah. Akkadevi Temple materials used.
Kottakot
83. Jami Masjid (1501). Temple site.
Kurnool
84. Pir Sahib-ka-Gumbad (1637-38). Temple site.
85. Jami Masjid (1667). Temple site.
86. Lal Masjid (1738-39). Temple site.
Pasupala
87. Kalan Masjid. Temple site.
Sanjanmala
88. Masjid. Temple sites.
Siddheswaram
89. Ashurkhana. Temple materials used.
Yadavalli
90. Mazar and Masjid. Temple sites.
Zuhrapur
91. Dargah of Qadir Shah Bukhari. Temple site.
X. MAHBUBNAGAR DISTRICT
Alampur
92. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple materials used.
Jatprole
93. Dargah of Sayyid Shah Darwish. Temple materials used.
Kodangal

94. Dargah of Hazrat Nizamud-Din. Temple site.
95. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Kundurg
96. Jami Masjid (1470-71). Temple site.
Pargi
Jami Masjid (1460). Temple site.
Somasila
Dargah of Kamalud-Din Baba (1642-43) Temple site.
XI. MEDAK DISTRICT
Andol
97. Old Masjid. Temple site.
Komatur
98. Old Masjid. Temple site.
Medak
99. Masjid near Mubarak Mahal (1641). Vishnu Temple site.
100. Fort, Temple materials used.
Palat
101. Masjid. Temple site.
Patancheru
102. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
103. Dargah of Shykh Ibrahim known as Makhdumji (1583). Temple site.
104. Ashrufkhana. Temple site.
105. Fort (1698). Temple materials used.
XII. NALGONDA DISTRICT
Devarkonda
106. Qutb Shahi Masjid. Temple materials used.
107. Dargah of Sharifud-Din (1579). Temple site.
108. Dargah of Qadir Shah Wali (1591). Temple site.
Ghazinagar
109. Masjid (1576-77). Temple site.
Nalgonda                                                                                                               

110. Garhi Masjid. Temple site.
111. Dargah of Shah Latif. Temple site.
112. Qutb Shahi Masjid (Renovated in 1897). Temple site.
Pangal
113. Alamgiri Masjid. Temple site.
XIII. NELLORE DISTRICT
Kandukuru
114. Four Masjids. Temple sites.
Nellore
115. Dargah named Dargamitta. Akkasalisvara Temple materials used.
Podile
116. Dargah. Temple site.
Udayagiri
117. Jami Masjid (1642-43). Temple materials used.
118. Chhoti Masjid (1650-51). Temple materials used.
119. Fort. Temple materials used.
XIV. NIZAMBAD DISTRICT
Balkonda
120. Patthar-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
121. Idgah. Temple site.
Bodhan
122. Deval Masjid. Converted Jain temple.
123. Patthar-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
124. Alamgiri Masjid (1654-55). Temple site.
Dudki                                                                                                                    

125. Ashrufkhana. Temple materials used.
Fathullapur
126. Muaskari Masjid (1605-06). Temple site.
XV. OSMANABAD DISTRICT
Ausa
127. Jami Masjid (1680-81). Temple site.

XVI. RANGAREDDY DISTRICT
Maheshwar
128. Masjid (1687). Madanna Pandits Temple site.
XVII. SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT
Icchapuram
129. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Kalingapatnam
130. Dargah of Sayyid Muhammad Madni Awliya (1619-20). Temple materials used.
Srikakulam
131. Jami Masjid (1641- 42). Temple site.
132. Dargah of Bande Shah Wali (1641- 42). Temple site.
133. Atharwali Masjid (1671-72). Temple site.
134. Dargah of Burhanud-Din Awliya. Temple site.
XVIII. VISHAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT
Jayanagaram
135. Dargah. Temple site.
Vishakhapatnam
136. Dargah of Shah Madni. Temple site.
XIX. WARANGAL DISTRICT
Zafargarh
137. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
XX. WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT
Eluru
138. Fort. Temple materials used.
139. Sawai Masjid. Converted temple.
140. Qazi’s House. Somesvara Temple materials used.
Nidavolu
141. Masjid. Mahadeva Temple materials used.
Rajamundri 

142. Jami Masjid (1324). Converted Venugopalaswamin Temple.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN ANDHRA 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?

#ReclaimTemples will lead to Hindu Muslim unity and peace

For centuries, India has been a land of diverse religions and cultures, including Hinduism and Islam. However, religious conflicts and disputes have often hindered peaceful coexistence between communities. One such issue that has been a point of contention between Hindus and Muslims in India is the reclaiming of ancient temples that have been under Islamic occupation for centuries. Here, we will explore how the reclaiming of these temples can lead to Hindu-Muslim unity and peace.
 
The issue of temple reclamation is not a new one. Many ancient Hindu temples have been destroyed or converted into mosques during the Islamic invasions and subsequent Muslim rulers’ reign. The reclamation of these temples has been a longstanding demand of the Hindu community, with many of these temples being of great significance to Hindus.
 
The reclaiming of ancient temples is not just about restoring the sanctity of Hindu religious sites; it is also a matter of restoring the dignity of the Hindu community. The occupation of these temples has been a source of great pain and humiliation for the Hindus. The reclaiming of these temples is, therefore, an assertion of their identity and a demand for justice.
 
However, the reclaiming of ancient temples is not a call for revenge or retribution. Instead, it is an invitation for Muslims to recognize and respect the sentiments and beliefs of the Hindu community. The reclaiming of these temples is an opportunity for Hindus and Muslims to come together and celebrate their shared history and culture.
 
The reclaiming of ancient temples can also be a catalyst for promoting interfaith dialogue and understanding. The occupation of these temples has been a source of mistrust and suspicion between the two communities. By reclaiming these temples, Hindus are sending a message of goodwill and inclusiveness. It is an invitation to the Muslim community to recognize and respect the Hindu community’s sentiments and beliefs.
 
Furthermore, the reclaiming of ancient temples can have a positive impact on Hindu-Muslim relations. The reclaiming of these temples is not just a demand for justice and equality, but it is also a recognition of the shared heritage of India’s diverse communities.
 
The reclaiming of ancient temples can also be a means of promoting spiritual and cultural tourism leading to economic development. Many of these temples are of great historical and architectural significance. The restoration of these temples can attract devotees from all over the world and provide a boost to the local economy. The restoration of these temples can also provide employment opportunities to the local population, thereby promoting economic development.
 
However, the reclaiming of ancient temples is not without its challenges. The process of reclaiming these temples can be a long and tedious one. It involves legal battles and negotiations with the government and Muslim communities. The reclaiming of these temples also requires a great deal of financial resources and technical expertise. It is, therefore, important to approach the reclaiming of these temples with patience, perseverance, and a spirit of cooperation.
 
In conclusion, the reclaiming of ancient temples under Islamic occupation is not just a matter of restoring Hindu religious sites’ glory. It is a matter of restoring the dignity of the Hindu community, promoting interfaith dialogue and understanding, and promoting cultural tourism and economic development. The reclaiming of these temples can be an opportunity for Hindus and Muslims to come together and celebrate their shared history and culture, ultimately leading to Hindu-Muslim unity and peace.
 
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Atala Devi Temple Jaunpur

Author: Nayandeep

Imagine an age where worshiping one’s deities is forbidden and is punishable by the law. Those that rule will pay no heed to your cries of anguish as they are the ones who have enacted and enforced such draconian laws upon you and your lot. Pillage and destruction were common and the very existence of Hindus was an anathema to the Islamic ruling disposition. Imagine a nightmare which continued for decades non stop.

Hard to imagine, rightly so especially to a generation that is far cut off from it’s past and a good availability of internet and the ease of living has made such a life hard to imagine, but again those that don’t learn from the past are made to repeat that past, Kashmir being the latest reminder.

The hardships that you just read in the start of this piece were faced by the Hindus of Jaunpur.

The famous shrine of Goddess Atala Devi, the wish fulfilling Goddess whose grand temple stood in all its glory, whose construction was done by the Rajput King Raja Vijay Chandra of the Kingdom of Kannauj was destroyed in 1364 AD by the brother of Sultan, Ibrahim Naib Barbak. He constructed Jhanjhari masjid nearby in honor of Hazrat Ajmali after he had fulfilled his religious fervor by the destruction of the temple. What he started was completed by 1408 AD  by the Sultan Ibrahim who converted the remnants of the Atala Devi temple to a full fledged mosque.

Khair ud Dins history of Jaunpur clearly states and further informs the reader that Hindus were made to vacate their home and professors of the Islamic faith were given those houses, while the Hindus were made to live on the peripheral villages just outside the city.

A simple observation with an unbiased mind one can easily see the inner pillars along with the inner walls of the masjid have deep Hindu architecture.

H.E Nevil the then District Commissioner of Jaunpur had written in the Gazette of Jaunpur dated 1908, the destruction of the Atala Devi temple by the brother of the Sultan called Ibrahim Naib.

The very Goddess for whose one glimpse thousands used to wait with folded hands is now waiting for hundreds of years and counting, to be reclaimed.

A part of collective Hindu civilization awaits its reclamation and for the past wrong to be righted. Her hope’s are from a society which watches yet waits, from a judiciary which sees and sermonizes and the political dispensation which measures things from the point of view of one election to another.

A few lines might tell the state of the Hindu nation.

Arise of Goddess arise for your children are waiting for you but in the digital world.

Let not your hope be from those to whom power be the only thing that is to be concerned.

Trying to connect imaginary bridges that have long been burned.

Arise o Goddess for a day will come when your children’s blood will stir and in there hands will be the key to correct the past and to set your temple free.

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Ancient Temple hill under siege of missionaries

Languishing Pandya Legacy

Thirumalapuram Rock Cut Temples—The Pasupathynatheswarar Temple, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu.

Picture this: The rocky Varanasimalai hill (also known as Varanachimalai hill) in Thirumalapuram in Sankarankovil taluk of Thirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. Step back into circa 750 CE, when the hill would have come alive with an army of craftsmen chiselling away into the rocky hill! Disregarding the blazing sun and the heat radiated by this rocky hill, they went on to carve out two temples from the solid rock face—the southern one is unfinished, while the north-facing one has been completed with finesse and is simply spectacular.

Today, twelve-plus centuries later, this temple—the Pasupathynatheswarar Temple—continues to be a sacred one for Lord Shiva’s devotees. There are special pujas here on every Pradosham Day (13th day of each lunar fortnight, a sacred day for Lord Shiva; praying on this day helps remove doshas or flaws in oneself) and on the annual Thiru Karthikai Day and the annual Maha Shivaratri Day.

The Pasupathynatheswarar Rock Cut Cave Temple is a marvel in stone and invokes an upsurge of emotions. An extensive temple chiselled out of a rocky mountain at a height of about 650 feet from ground level, this temple is reached by walking up a steep flight of steps that were carved out too. This ancient temple has a Façade flanked by pillars and pilaster, a Garbha Grha (Sanctum Sanctorum) dedicated to a Shivalingam, and a rectangular Mukha Mandappa (hall) with carved out niches housing exquisite, larger-than-life bas-relief sculptures of the Trinity of Hindu Gods—Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva—and Lord Ganapati.

A Nandi in the centre of the mandappa used to face the Shivalingam, like in any Shiva temple—used to, because the Nandi has been vandalized now and only its base remains, though supposedly, this temple is under the “protection” of the Archaeological Survey of India. Devotees continue to worship the remains of the Nandi even today.

Incredible Workmanship

As you walk through the façade into the temple, you step into the rectangular Mukha Mandappa (5.91m X 3.13m), which has three niches carved out on its southern wall. Imagine excavating so much of stone out of a rocky mountain without power tools! By the way, the floor of the Mukha Mandappa as well as the façade is levelled evenly. In fact, there the ancient Pandya architects have even fashioned a long groove across the entire length of the facade to drain away rain water! Such has been their attention to detail and care for this temple.

The pillars of the façade, with Brahma Kanta (cubical structures) at their top and bottom and an octagonal columns (Vishnu Kanta) between them, is adorned with lotus medallions. There are Taranga potikas or fluted corbels above them.

Priceless Bas-Relief Sculptures

The bas-reliefs of this temple are among the finest examples of Early Pandya Art and mesmerize us by their sublime aesthetics, besides evoking awe at the kind of devotion that the king of the day and the craftsmen must have had, to have attempted and accomplished this marvelous stone temple.

Lord Nataraja in chatura tandavam

The beauty of Lord Nataraja here, with his left foot slightly raised and the right foot on the floor is to be seen to be understood. The first niche (1.86m X 1.41m) of the Mukha Mandappa features a beautiful, four-armed, dancing Lord Shiva (Nataraja) in the ‘chatura tandavam’ dancing pose (the 107th dance posture among the 108 dance postures of Shiva). Bhootha Ganas stand on either side of him; the Gana on his right has been destroyed and only his legs remain, while the Gana on his left is seen playing the sirattai kinnari (a traditional Tamil musical instrument) with his right hand.

Lord Nataraja—with a cresent moon to the left of his jatamukuta (crown of braids)and the braided locks flowing down his shoulders—is seen holding a flower in his rear right hand, while he holds the yajnopavita (sacred thread) withhis front right hand, a palm leaf manuscript in his rear left hand, and has his front left hand stretched out above his shoulder. With a serpent coiled around his waist and thighs, an elaborate girdle with a floral clasp tying the short garment that he wears around his waist, adorned by serpentine spiral armlets and anklets, a palm leaf coil on his right ear lobe, a forearm band, a yajnopavita and udara bandha—Lord Shiva here is a sight of incredible beauty and mesmerising power.

The middle niche (1.90m X 1.40m) has a beautiful bas-relief of four-armed Lord Vishnu in standing posture. He is seen holding a sankha (conch) in his rear right hand, chakra (discus) in his rear left hand; his front left hand is on his waist and his front right hand is in Anjali Mudra. Lord Vishnu has been depicted wearing makara kundala on his ear lobes, a krita makutam with wheel, udhara bandha and yajnopavita, and adorned with sarapali, armlets and a forearm band, and attired in his pitambara garment in panchakacha style. There is a bhootha gana on either side of Lord Vishnu, their faces expressing entranced devotion.

Next to this is the niche (1.68m X 1.34m) with the bas-relief of a seated Lord Ganesha. Lord Ganesha here is an Idampuri Pillaiyar in Maharajaleelasanam. He is seen holding the pasa with his rear right hand and the tusk with his rear left hand. His front left hand is seen resting on his belly, while his front right hand holds a modhakam. Lord Ganesha is adorned with karantamakutam, armlets, fore-arm band, udhara bandha, and yajnopavita.

A Rare Sight

This is also one of the rare temples with Lord Brahma. On the eastern wall of the mukha mandappa of this temple is a niche with the relief sculpture of Brahma in standing posture with three visible heads and four arms. His right front arm rests on his hip, while his left front arm holds a dried bottle gourd. He holds a flower with his right rear arm and a palm leaf manuscript in his left rear arm. Lord Brahma is seen wearing a dhoti in panchakacha style. He is adorned with a jatamakuta, yagyopavitam (the sacred thread), sarapuli, udharabandha, keyura, and thick bangles.

Shivalingam That Has Seen Centuries of Abhishekam

The garbha grha (sanctum sanctorum) of the temple lies on the western side of the carved out Mandappa, and is flanked by Dwarapalakas (gate keepers) at its entrance. At the centre of the sanctum sanctorum is a monolithic Shiva Lingam with squarish Avudaiyar (base). In the centre of the hall and facing the Shiva Lingam is the remains of a monolithic Nandi. One can see from the lingam that regular abhishekam was once performed for the Shiva Lingam. Jagathi, vritta kumudham and prathivari elements are present in the plinth (prathivari bandha adhitanam) of the sanctum sanctorum.

Inscriptions Demonstrating Local Patronage of the Temple

Traces of early Pandya murals and a couple of later-day inscriptions adorn the temple. Of the two inscriptions, one is a 11th century inscription while the other is a 12th century inscription (under one of the pillars) that mentions that a prince named Chakravartin Srivallabhadeva had gifted fertile land with trees, wells and tanks to the temple, demonstrating that widespread worship of these Hindu deities was prevalent in Tamil Nadu even then.

History of the Temple

The architecture style of this temple has been classified as the ‘Early Pandya Style’. Visualize the effort and the devotion that has gone in to carve out such poetry in stone from this unyielding rock of a mountain! The Thirumalapuram Rock Cut Cave Temples is a site of invaluable religious, historic and artistic value throwing light on the deep-seated Hindu ethos of Tamil Nadu.

On paper, the temple is supposed to be a ‘Centrally Protected Monument of National Importance” and preserved and maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India, Thrissur Circle. The bitter reality is that the Nandi has been vandalised and not much has been done to protect or highlight the importance of the temple.

This historic temple was carved out at a time when Pandya kings ruled this region. Temple art and culture flourished under their devout patronage and this was supported by the prosperity brought in by pearl trade across oceans by the Pandyas, such that the Pandya empire came to be tagged as ‘the richest kingdom in existence’ by venetian traveller and writer Marco Polo, who explored the Pandya Empire in the 13th century, after arriving at its port Kayal. Historical records state that King Maravarman Rajasimha I ruled between 730–65 CE, followed by the rule of Nedunjadaiyan/Varagunavarman from 765–815 CE.

A Tale of Woe: Regular Worship Prohibited; Lord Shiva Awaits His Due

History narrates that the Pasupathynatheswarar Temple was all along a functioning temple thronged by devotees from far and near, until in 1922 when these ancient cave temples were brought under the “protection” of Archaeological Survey of India. From a time of daily worship at the temple, it has come to pass that devotees have had to go to court to get the rights to celebrate the annual overnight Maha Shivaratri at the temple, with the ASI once restricting the customary overnight Maha Shivaratri celebrations here from sunrise to sunset (https://indiankanoon.org/doc/249161/).

A pertinent point that is recorded in this writ appeal is that “originally regular poojas were being offered by the devotees at this temple; the regular worship was interrupted only after the Thirumalpuram rock cut temples were declared to be an ancient monument in the year 1922 under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 and came under the ASI.”

Can the ASI interfere and put a spoke in the religious affairs of a community?

Priceless Pandya Legacy Lies in Languish

Today, as you walk up the path leading to this centuries-old temple, you will find an entire church complex staring down at you from atop this very mountain, with crosses and Church buildings all over the place.

A “Sendamaram Tirumalaimatha Church” now stands on top of Thirumalapuram Cave Temples that is under the “protection” of the ASI. Notice the name “Thirumalainatha” meaning “lord of Thirumalai” and closely patterned on the lines of Pasupathynatheshwarar! How could such blatant appropriation be allowed? This church is under the Diocese of Palayamkottai and their website openly states that the Church was built after destroying an ancient temple and using its materials: “First Sendamaram had only a small thatched church as its possession…. and he built up a chapel with the stones of a dilapidated Hindu Temple.” (http://www.palayamkottaidiocese.org/diocese/shrines/8) .

As it to add insult to injury, the Church complex built on the encroached temple hill has put up facilities and shelter spaces for Christian pilgrims and priests, while the Pasupathynatheshwarar Temple that has been in existence for centuries has no facilities for Hindu devotees.

A Case of Bizarre Ownership

To a complaint, the ASI has replied that the ownership of 62.22 acres of land including the Thirumalapuram rock cut Shiva temple belongs to Rev Father J Mahe, SJ Superior of Roman Catholic Mission (https://twitter.com/reclaimtemples/status/1374014951040282628?lang=en). This is a slap on the face to the devotees of Pasupathynatheswarar and the Pandya kings who have built this marvel in stone.

How is even possible for a later-day church to lay claim on a hill that has been the site of a temple for twelve-plus centuries? How could this historic temple site be under Christian occupation? Is it even legal?

Footnote: The Thirumalapuram rock cut temples lie about a kilometer away from the Thirumalapuram Bus Stop on the Senthamaram-Kallidaikurichi road, about 5km from Kallidaikurichi. Neolithic tools and other archaeological finds unearthed in this region point out that Thirumalapuram was the site of civilization even 10,000 years ago.

This research article is part of our efforts to locate and document ancient Hindu temples that is under encroachment and ruins. Efforts are then made towards their revival and restart of worship. You can support via https://reclaimtemples.com/donations/documenting-destroyed-ancient-temples/ . This will strengthen the efforts and enable us make interventions on ground.

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