Bhojshala Dispute

Recently, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by a Hindu organisation challenging the ASI order of April 7, 2003, imposing restriction on Hindus to worship at Bhojshala daily.

  • Hindus claim it as a temple of Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), while the Muslim community treats it as Kamal Maula Mosque.

Bhojshala

  • Bhojshala is an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected 11th century monument, located in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh.
  • The name is derived from the celebrated king Bhoja of the Paramara dynasty of central India.
  • He was a patron of education and the arts, to whom major Sanskrit works on poetics, yoga and architecture are ....
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