{"id":9704,"date":"2024-01-27T05:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T05:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2024-01-27T05:58:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T05:58:50","slug":"broken-shiva-linga-terracotta-objects-depicting-deities-recovered-in-gyanvapi-mosque-survey-asi-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/broken-shiva-linga-terracotta-objects-depicting-deities-recovered-in-gyanvapi-mosque-survey-asi-report\/","title":{"rendered":"“Broken Shiva linga, terracotta objects depicting deities recovered in Gyanvapi mosque survey”: ASI report"},"content":{"rendered":"

VARANASI: Numerous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terracotta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>items,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>figurines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fragmented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sculptures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lord\u00a0<\/span>Hanuman\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lord\u00a0<\/span>Ganesha,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rubble\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>western\u00a0<\/span>wall\u00a0<\/span><\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>premises,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Archaeological\u00a0<\/span>Survey\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>of\u00a0<\/span><\/a>India<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(ASI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>survey\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gyanvapi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mosque.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ASI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>glass\u00a0<\/span><\/span>objects\u2014a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>necklace\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>damaged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shiva\u00a0<\/span><\/span>linga\u2014were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scientific\u00a0<\/span>study.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Differing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kinds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>objects\u00a0<\/span><\/span>include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inscriptions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>slabs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various-sized\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pestles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>domestic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>utensils,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sculptures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gods.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shiva,\u00a0<\/span>Vishnu,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Krishna,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hanuman,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ganesha,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>among\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ones\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mentioned.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Various\u00a0<\/span>kinds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terracotta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>objects,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>balls,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tiles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bricks,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>male\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>female\u00a0<\/span><\/span>figures,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>figurines,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>etc.,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>research.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>western\u00a0<\/span>wall\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fragments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hanuman\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ganesha’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>figurines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>among\u00a0<\/span><\/span>debris,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>study.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“During\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>survey\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>glass\u00a0<\/span><\/span>objects,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>i.e.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>pendant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>broken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shiva\u00a0<\/span><\/span>linga\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>found,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>report.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Archaeological\u00a0<\/span>Survey\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coins\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various\u00a0<\/span>eras\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“These\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coins\u00a0<\/span><\/span>date\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various\u00a0<\/span>eras.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Shah\u00a0<\/span>Alam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>coins\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Persian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legends\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Numerous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>British-Indian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coins,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>64-coin\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hoard,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>discovered.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>These\u00a0<\/span>include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>East\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Company,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Queen\u00a0<\/span>Victoria,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Edward\u00a0<\/span>VII,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>George\u00a0<\/span>V\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coins,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>corroded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>beyond\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recognition.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>copper\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coin\u00a0<\/span><\/span>belonging\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Madhav\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rao\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scindia,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>study.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>publication\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Archaeological\u00a0<\/span>Survey\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(ASI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>survey\u00a0<\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Gyanvapi\u00a0<\/span>mosque\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varanasi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Maulana\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khalid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rasheed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Firangi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mahali,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>chairperson\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Islamic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>study\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>examined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>comments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>839-page\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ASI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delivered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relevant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parties;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Muslim\u00a0<\/span>side\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>review\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>entire\u00a0<\/span>document\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>feedback.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fervently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hope\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>decision-making\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grounded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reality.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>matter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pending.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anything\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>spoken,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ASI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>examined,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Maulana\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khalid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rasheed.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>structure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appeared\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>destroyed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>17th\u00a0<\/span>century,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“part\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>modified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reused,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ASI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Gyanvapi\u00a0<\/span>mosque\u00a0<\/span><\/span>complex.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scientific\u00a0<\/span>studies,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“existed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>large\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hindu\u00a0<\/span>temple\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prior\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>construction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>existing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>structure.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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VARANASI: Numerous\u00a0terracotta\u00a0items,\u00a0including\u00a0figurines\u00a0of\u00a0deities\u00a0and\u00a0fragmented\u00a0sculptures\u00a0of\u00a0Lord\u00a0Hanuman\u00a0and\u00a0Lord\u00a0Ganesha,\u00a0were\u00a0discovered\u00a0from\u00a0rubble\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0western\u00a0wall\u00a0region\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0premises,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Archaeological\u00a0Survey\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0(ASI)\u00a0in\u00a0its\u00a0survey\u00a0report\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0Gyanvapi\u00a0mosque. Additionally,\u00a0ASI\u00a0reported\u00a0that\u00a0two\u00a0glass\u00a0objects\u2014a\u00a0necklace\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0damaged\u00a0Shiva\u00a0linga\u2014were\u00a0discovered\u00a0during\u00a0its\u00a0scientific\u00a0study. “Differing\u00a0kinds\u00a0of\u00a0stone\u00a0objects\u00a0include\u00a0inscriptions\u00a0on\u00a0slabs,\u00a0various-sized\u00a0pestles\u00a0and\u00a0other\u00a0domestic\u00a0utensils,\u00a0and\u00a0sculptures\u00a0of\u00a0gods. There\u00a0are\u00a0statues\u00a0of\u00a0Shiva,\u00a0Vishnu,\u00a0Krishna,\u00a0Hanuman,\u00a0Ganesha,\u00a0and\u00a0other\u00a0deities\u00a0among\u00a0the\u00a0ones\u00a0mentioned. Various\u00a0kinds\u00a0of\u00a0terracotta\u00a0objects,\u00a0including\u00a0as\u00a0sling\u00a0balls,\u00a0tiles\u00a0and\u00a0bricks,\u00a0male\u00a0and\u00a0female\u00a0figures,\u00a0deity\u00a0figurines,\u00a0etc.,\u00a0were\u00a0found\u00a0during\u00a0the\u00a0research. In\u00a0the\u00a0western\u00a0wall\u00a0area,\u00a0fragments\u00a0of\u00a0Hanuman\u00a0and\u00a0Ganesha’s\u00a0figurines\u00a0were\u00a0discovered\u00a0among\u00a0debris,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0study. “During\u00a0the\u00a0survey\u00a0two\u00a0glass\u00a0objects,\u00a0i.e.\u00a0a\u00a0pendant\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0broken\u00a0Shiva\u00a0linga\u00a0were\u00a0found,”\u00a0said\u00a0the\u00a0report. Additionally,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Archaeological\u00a0Survey\u00a0of\u00a0India,\u00a0coins\u00a0from\u00a0various\u00a0eras\u00a0were\u00a0also\u00a0taken\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0area. “These\u00a0coins\u00a0date\u00a0from\u00a0various\u00a0eras. Shah\u00a0Alam\u00a0minted\u00a0three\u00a0coins\u00a0with\u00a0Persian\u00a0legends\u00a0on\u00a0them. Numerous\u00a0British-Indian\u00a0coins,\u00a0including\u00a0a\u00a064-coin\u00a0hoard,\u00a0were\u00a0discovered. These\u00a0include\u00a0East\u00a0India\u00a0Company,\u00a0Queen\u00a0Victoria,\u00a0Edward\u00a0VII,\u00a0and\u00a0George\u00a0V\u00a0coins,\u00a0some\u00a0of\u00a0which\u00a0were\u00a0corroded\u00a0beyond\u00a0recognition. There\u00a0was\u00a0also\u00a0one\u00a0copper\u00a0coin\u00a0belonging\u00a0to\u00a0Madhav\u00a0Rao\u00a0Scindia,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0study. Following\u00a0the\u00a0publication\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Archaeological\u00a0Survey\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0(ASI)\u00a0survey\u00a0report\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0Gyanvapi\u00a0mosque\u00a0in\u00a0Varanasi,\u00a0Maulana\u00a0Khalid\u00a0Rasheed\u00a0Firangi\u00a0Mahali,\u00a0the\u00a0chairperson\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0Centre\u00a0of\u00a0India,\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0study\u00a0must\u00a0be\u00a0examined\u00a0before\u00a0any\u00a0comments\u00a0can\u00a0be\u00a0made. “The\u00a0839-page\u00a0report\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0ASI\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0delivered\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0relevant\u00a0parties;\u00a0the\u00a0Muslim\u00a0side\u00a0must\u00a0first\u00a0review\u00a0the\u00a0entire\u00a0document\u00a0and\u00a0provide\u00a0their\u00a0feedback. We\u00a0fervently\u00a0hope\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0decision-making\u00a0process\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0grounded\u00a0in\u00a0reality. The\u00a0legal\u00a0matter\u00a0is\u00a0still\u00a0pending. 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