Devotees appeared at the Bhojshala complex in Dhar to offer prayers and perform aarti, a day after the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. In the early hours of Saturday, devotees and the members of the Bhoj Utsav Samiti gathered at the premises. They recited the Hanuman Chalisa as a mark of celebration for their victory over the long-standing dispute.
One of the delighted devotees welcoming the verdict said they are now able to offer prayers without restrictions. He claimed that after years they "got the chance to have darshan without any obstacle." The court gave a great verdict. I will come here every day to offer prayers," the devotee told ANI.
On Friday, the MP High Court delivered a verdict, granting the Hindu side the right to worship and recognise the complex belonging to Raja Bhoj.
Following the remarkable verdict, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain said that their immediate priority is to start worshipping at the site along with preparing for further legal proceedings in the Supreme Court. “We will worship on the premises in question. We will exercise our fundamental rights of worship on the premises in question in tune with Article 25, as well as Section 16 of the ASI Act 1958," NDTV quoted Jain as saying.
“And in case the Maulana Kamaluddin and Qazi Zakiullah (the Muslim petitioners) approach the honourable Supreme Court by way of an SLP (Special Leave Petition), we will also file our caveat, and we will also present our arguments before the court," the lawyer added.
Findings Suggest Existence Of Sanskit Centre
The MP High Court on Friday declared the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque Complex in Dhar is a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, giving the ruling in favour of the Hindu petitioners.
According to the bench, Hindu worship was never discontinued, and recorded findings say that the disputed area, Bhojshala, is a centre of Sanskrit learning associated with Raja Bhoj of the Parmar dynasty.
The High Court nullified portions of the 2003 order issued by the Archaeological Survey of India that restricted Hindu worship rights within the complex while allowing the Muslim community to offer namaz.
On the demand for bringing back the idol of Goddess Saraswati from a London museum, the bench concluded that the petitioners had already submitted several representations before the government and said the Centre “may consider the representations to bring back the idol."