A group from the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) will perform a survey of the ‘historical’ Kartikeswar Mahadev Temple, which was just lately reopened by the district administration, in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Friday afternoon.
Heavy police power has been deployed on the temple since morning to keep away from any untoward incident throughout the survey much like the violence that led to the loss of life of 4 individuals in Sambhal on November 24 when a court-appointed group carried out a survey on the Shahi Jama Masjid within the wake of a petition claiming {that a} temple which existed there had been bulldozed for a mosque.
The ASI group reached Moradabad on Thursday night and plans to start out the survey after Friday prayers on the Shahi mosque, the police mentioned.
The temple, which is alleged to have been closed for the final 46 years, was discovered within the Khaggu Sarai locality on December 14 when an enormous drive was underway in Sambhal city towards alleged energy theft and irregular electrical energy connections. The construction is considered 400 to 500 years outdated, the native residents mentioned, including that the ASI survey would decide its precise age.
When District Justice of the Peace Dr Rajender Pensiya and Superintendent of Police Krishna Kant Bishnoi acquired the primary door of the temple opened, three broken idols – of Goddess Parvati and her sons Ganesha and Kartikeya – had been discovered inside. The damaged idols are actually within the native administration’s possession.
The district Justice of the Peace then wrote to the ASI requesting a survey of the temple, its idols, and the nicely exterior by carbon courting.
Common prayers are being carried out on the temple by native residents and Hindu outfit members since December 15.
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