ஹைதராபாத் சார்மினார் பள்ளிவாசலைத் தொடர்ந்து தாஜ்மஹாலின் நாற்புற வாயில்களில் கோயில் கட்ட பணிகள் உருவாக்கப்பட்டுவிட்டன.
1965ல் ஹைதராபாத் சார்மினார் கட்டூமானத்தின் ஒரு கல் மீது காவி வர்ணம் பூசி ஒரு கிழவியின் பராமரிப்பில் பூஜை செய்யப்பட்டு வழக்கம் போல் பலரும் அக்கல்லை வணங்கி வரும் தொடரில் ஒரு பஸ் அக்கல்லின் மீது மோதி கல் உடைந்தவுடன் 2012ல் இரவோடிரவாக குயுக்தியாக அக்கல்லுக்கு பதிலாக லட்சுமி சிலையை வைத்து பக்காவாக கட்டுமானங்கள் உருவாக்கி
பாக்கியலட்சுமி கோயில் என பெயரும் இட்டு தடபுலாக விழாக்களும் நடத்த ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டார்கள்.
இதே போன்று தாஜ்மஹாலிலும் கைவைக்கக் காவிகள் துவங்கியுள்ளனர்.
Bhagyalakshmi temple is a Hindu temple located in Hyderabad, India. This temple is located at the base of the city’s historic Charminar declared as monument under care of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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தாஜ் மஹாலை கோயிலாக்க முதல் கட்டமாக காவிகள் கிளப்பிய சர்ச்சை
தாஜ் மஹால் சிவன் கோயில் அல்ல என திட்டவட்டமாக மறுத்த டில்லி அரசு
The temple is dedicated to the Goddess Lakshmi.
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According to historians such as Narendra Luther maintain that temple had no existence of any sorts until the 1960s.
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According to these historians, one of the stones near Charminar was painted with the saffron color in 1965, and an old woman became the person in-charge of this “shrine”.
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After an APSRTC bus collided with the stone and damaged it, a pucca structure was created at the site. The stone was replaced with an idol of the goddess Lakshmi. Every year, Bhagyalakshmi temple is decorated for Dasara and Deepawali for a few days.
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The temple has been a subject of controversy due to its location in a Muslim-majority area, and the alleged threat it poses to the historic Charminar structure.
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In the 1960s, the replacement of the holy stone with an idol and the addition of a temporary shed evoked communal tensions.
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During the night of 1 November 2012, the temple administration started to carry out some construction work without the permission of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), stating that they were decorating the temple ahead of the Diwali festival.
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The construction activity, which was illegal according to the ASI, was stopped by the police.
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This construction work at the temple premises triggered Hindu-Muslim tension in the city.
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According to historians such as Narendra Luther maintain that temple had no existence of any sorts until the 1960s.
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According to these historians, one of the stones near Charminar was painted with the saffron color in 1965, and an old woman became the person in-charge of this “shrine”.
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After an APSRTC bus collided with the stone and damaged it, a pucca structure was created at the site. The stone was replaced with an idol of the goddess Lakshmi. Every year, Bhagyalakshmi temple is decorated for Dasara and Deepawali for a few days.
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The temple has been a subject of controversy due to its location in a Muslim-majority area, and the alleged threat it poses to the historic Charminar structure.
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In the 1960s, the replacement of the holy stone with an idol and the addition of a temporary shed evoked communal tensions.
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During the night of 1 November 2012, the temple administration started to carry out some construction work without the permission of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), stating that they were decorating the temple ahead of the Diwali festival.
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The construction activity, which was illegal according to the ASI, was stopped by the police.
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This construction work at the temple premises triggered Hindu-Muslim tension in the city.
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Some local Muslim politicians feared that the expansion might damage the historic Charminar, which they identify with Islamic heritage.
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Following this, a few violent incidents were reported in the city.
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Some local Muslim politicians feared that the expansion might damage the historic Charminar, which they identify with Islamic heritage.
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Following this, a few violent incidents were reported in the city.
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The Archeological Survey of India, in a RTI reply, finally conceded that the controversial Bhagya Laxmi Mandir, adjacent to historical Charminar is a recently constructed ‘unauthorized’ structure.
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Claims of this temple existing before 1960’s is also rubbished by the following picture taken from The Hindu archives of 1957
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Claims of this temple existing before 1960’s is also rubbished by the following picture taken from The Hindu archives of 1957