Janaki Jambunathan
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"Holy Wisdom" reverted back to be a mosque.
By a curious coincidence, on the same day as the Turkish ruling, a three-judge bench in the Supreme Court in India was hearing a petition regarding the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi and the Shahi Idgah in Mathura. Hindutva groups claim that both these Muslim places worship stand on sites that were previously occupied by temples.
Then why not "Well of Knowledge" be reverted back - Viswanath Mandir?
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By a curious coincidence, on the same day as the Turkish ruling, a three-judge bench in the Supreme Court in India was hearing a petition regarding the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi and the Shahi Idgah in Mathura. Hindutva groups claim that both these Muslim places worship stand on sites that were previously occupied by temples.
Then why not "Well of Knowledge" be reverted back - Viswanath Mandir?
Hagia Sophia: Lacking ideas for the future, rulers in Turkey, India offer comfort in idealised pasts
The claim that it will reverse perceived historical wrongs forms the emotional core of the BJP’s politics.
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