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Monday, April 11 2022 Dive In |
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![]() Qutab Minar was actually ‘Vishnu Stambh’. Qutub Minar was built with materials obtained after demolishing 27 Hindu-Jain temples. The superimposed structure was built just to tease the Hindu community. ![]() |
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That’s the latest salvo fired in the culture wars by the rightwing group Vishwa Hindu Parishad—which wants these ‘temples’ to be rebuilt, and Hindus be allowed to offer prayers there. This is the second time that the Qutub Minar has become the target of controversy in recent weeks. BJP leader and National Monuments Authority chairman Tarun Vijay recently flagged Ganesh idols that were placed “disrespectfully” inside the complex. He too raised the issue of the 27 temples—calling their destruction “cultural genocide.”
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