The Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Aandolan Samiti had filed an application at the court of Mathura on Tuesday (22 June), wherein the Samiti has offered a larger piece of land to the mosque management committee of the 17th century Shahi Masjid that stands on the birthplace of Lord Krishna reports The Indian Express.
The Hindu outfit wants the mosque’s management committee to agree to demolish the Mughal era structure voluntarily in return for land larger than the present.
“Intazamia Committee (management committee) would be offered a piece of land larger than the one on which Shahi Masjid Idgah stands,” said advocate Mahendra Pratap Singh, the president of Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Aandolan Samiti, said.
Sri Krishna Janmasthan Temple, also known as Katra Keshav Dev temple, was destroyed multiple times throughout history and most recently by Aurangzeb in 1670, who erected a mosque in its place. It must be noted that Aurangzeb also demolished the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and built the Gyanvapi mosque
In the latter half of the 20th century, a group of industrialists sponsored the construction of the present temple beside the original temple site in Mathura and as of now, many suits are pending with Mathura courts on the issue of removing the mosque from its current location.
Just as Aydhoya is considered as the birthplace of Lord Ram, Mathura is also known as the birthplace of Lord Krishna which Hindu outfits want to be restored to Hindus.
In September 2020, the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), the apex body of saints and seers, decided to launch a campaign to free the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi and the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura.
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