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 Darghas 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. Also the list is based on the list prepared by Sitaram Goel in 1990, hence the list correspond to the geography of the state and districts as it existed then.

 

Anyone is free to visit the below list of mosques and see the remnants and materials of Hindu temples. 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.

 

Andhra Pradesh : Click here to download PDF

Assam : Click here to download PDF

Bengal : Click here to download PDF

Bihar : Click here to download PDF

Delhi : Click here to download PDF

Diu : Click here to download PDF

Gujarat : Click here to download PDF

Haryana : Click here to download PDF

Himachal Pradesh : Click here to download PDF

Karnataka : Click here to download PDF

Kashmir : Click here to download PDF

Kerala : Click here to download PDF

Lakshadweep : Click here to download PDF

Madhya Pradesh : Click here to download PDF

Maharashtra : Click here to download PDF

Odisha : Click here to download PDF

Punjab : Click here to download PDF

Rajasthan : Click here to download PDF

Tamil Nadu : Click here to download PDF

Uttar Pradesh : Click here to download PDF

 

A Hindu temple remains so till eternity as PranaPratishta is done during the consecration. And being perpetual minors the property rights of the Deity are never abated as per law. Our Gods are lying mutilated in Hindu temple sites across Bharat awaiting resurrection and revival of worship. Be part of the movement to #ReclaimTemples