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The Madhya Pradesh High Court connected Friday (May 15, 2026) declared that the disputed Bhojshala complex successful Dhar is simply a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, adding that the Muslim assemblage whitethorn attack the authorities authorities for allotment of abstracted onshore successful the territory for operation of a mosque.
In its verdict successful the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque analyzable dispute, the tribunal besides observed that determination were indications of a Sanskrit teaching centre and a temple of Goddess Saraswati successful Bhojshala.
The quality pertains to the spiritual quality of the Archaeological Survey of India-protected monument successful Dhar district.
The Hindu assemblage considers Bhojshala to beryllium a temple dedicated to Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), portion the Muslim broadside calls the monument Kamal Maula Mosque. A petitioner from the Jain assemblage claims the disputed analyzable is simply a medieval Jain temple and gurukul.
After the contention implicit the Bhojshala analyzable erupted, the ASI issued an bid connected April 7, 2003, permitting Hindus to worship astatine the analyzable each Tuesday and Muslims to connection namaz determination each Friday. The Hindu broadside challenged the bid successful the High Court, seeking exclusive rights to worship astatine the complex.
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Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi of the Indore Bench of the High Court began regular hearings connected 5 petitions and 1 writ entreaty related to the lawsuit connected April 6 this year.
After proceeding each the parties against the backdrop of differing spiritual beliefs, humanities claims, analyzable ineligible provisions, and thousands of documents related to the disputed monument, the seat had reserved its determination connected May 12.
During the hearing, petitioners from the Hindu, Muslim, and Jain communities presented elaborate arguments and sought exclusive worship rights for their communities astatine the monument.
The ASI, aft conducting a technological survey of the monument, indicated successful its implicit 2,000-page study that a monolithic operation dating backmost to the reign of the Parmar kings of Dhar predated the mosque, and that the existent disputed operation was built utilizing repurposed temple components.
The Hindu broadside claimed that coins, sculptures, and inscriptions recovered by the ASI during its technological survey beryllium the analyzable was primitively a temple.
However, the Muslim broadside argued successful tribunal that the ASI's survey study was "biased" and prepared to enactment the claims of the Hindu petitioners.
Refuting this, the ASI told the tribunal the technological survey process was carried retired with the assistance of experts, including 3 from the Muslim community.
The High Court had ordered the ASI to behaviour a technological survey of the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque analyzable connected March 11, 2024. The ASI began the survey connected March 22 that twelvemonth and, aft a elaborate 98-day survey, submitted its study to the High Court connected July 15.
