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| Balaji temple for which Aurangzeb granted land |
Many consider Aurangzeb as a bigot and some historians have also termed the emperor as a 'fundamentalist'.
Aurangzeb had issued a 'firman' as per which 8 villages (330 bighas of land) were allotted for the upkeep of the temple besides Re 1 every day from the government fund.
However, the old arrangement continues till date though nearly 323 years have elapsed since then. Mahant Balram Das of the temple is in possession of the firmaan that was written on brass plate and issued on 19th of Islamic month of Ramzan.
As per the decree Sant Balak Das of Allahabad's Kalinjar pargana's Chitrakoot was given 330 bighas of land without any 'lagaan'. The temple is now in a poor state despite enormous funds at the disposal. The discord amongst Mahants has led to the situation, say locals.
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| Aurangzeb |
Interestingly, Aurangzeb 'Alamgir' had not only got the temple constructed but also wrote the order of 'rajbhog', himself.
The land adjoining the Balaji temple has been encroached by local strongmen and the infighting among the temple committee has affected the structure, which is crumbling, says the District Magistrate, Chitrakoot, in a recent report.
The temple priests show the framed firman with pride. One of the photographs showing the priest, Mangal Das Ji, carrying the old firman is available here.
Now on ULFA killing HINDI speakers
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has killed North Indians, mostly the Hindi-speakers. More than 75 persons have been killed in the last couple of days. Most of them hailed from Bihar.
ULFA needs to be reigned in. However, North East remains far off from the radar of the national media and news channels and unless there is a major tragedy, hardly any atention is paid to North Eastern states.
Off the cuff but I wonder what terrorism it is. What ideology it could be linked to or what Right/Left-wing militancy it could be? ULFA was anti-Muslim so it could not be Islamic militancy. However, given the reports that are appearing in press that ISI is training ULFA in Bangladesh, one might find ULFA also being branded Islamist-backed Militiancy or quasi-Islamic terrorism...
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given the reports that are appearing in press that ISI is training ULFA in Bangladesh, one might find ULFA also being branded Islamist-backed Militiancy or quasi-Islamic terrorism
What is the problem with you? Are you too suffering from seige mentality that Indian Muslims now a days suffer?
FYI ULFA consists of uppercaste Hindus originally formed to drive out Bangladeshi Muslims but now bankrolled by ISI and used by them to drive out non-Assamese Indians out so Bangladesh Muslims can take their place in Assam.
For more info read this article by Raman:
http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/09raman.htm
I used to come to your blog bcs u said u tried to be as less biased as possible. In all these months, i have not seen even a single instance of that "trying".
At the end of the day, one is just deeply dissapointed.
You may choose to not approve this comment. It is not intended for mass consumption anyway, just wanted to communicate my dissapointment for the last time.
...HDWK,how can I dare moderate a valuable comment! ...may be I am quite biased or emotional or just as RS said 'suffering from siege mentality'...so that reflects my ordinariness...it is better for me to be what I feel and write that...my frustrations also...without being political that what I should not write 'in order to sound more sensible'...ab jo hain so hain yaar...dil mein jo aaye voh kahna theek hai... what's your opinion. Regarding the 'trying to be less biased thing'...yes that helps me introspect....
ISI is mostly consists of Punjabi Pakistanis and they hate Bengalis to death and I know that hatred is mutual. I think logic don’t buy this connection. Its like Hindu Indians and Pakistanis working together for a cause. Just for the record Pakistan too have lot of illegal Bangladeshis but mostly are concentrated in Karachi (non Punjabi domain). They do the work which locals think too lowly (whatever that means) and live in ghettos. With their hard work and cooking skills upper class hire them as cooks and often help to acquire travel documents so they can move too and fro.
ULFA consists of uppercaste Hindus originally formed to drive out Bangladeshi Muslims but now bankrolled by ISI and used by them to drive out non-Assamese Indians out so Bangladesh Muslims can take their place in Assam. - How can somebody change their strategy 180 degrees? Especially a terrorist org? It's highly likely that ULFA is trained by some ISI agents but they did not shift out of their plans to drive out Muslims out of Assam. If you think ISI cares for Indian Muslims, then please think again.
...not written about their strategy...my concern is only about terming most terror suspects as 'Islamic' terrorist....about media only how it flashes stories of terror attacks....
about media only how it flashes stories of terror attacks.... - I don't think that'll happen that soon, since ULFA does not have Muslims inside their organization.
Read about the compulsions Aurangzeb had in making that temple.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1897154,00360004.htm
Have a look at "Aurangzeb, as he was according to Mughal Records"
This exhibition is based on Historical research and documents provided by BIKANER MUSEUM ARCHIVES.
click http://according-to-mughal-records.blogspot.com/
I've read many academic articles that state this very notion. That Aurangzeb is, in fact, misunderstood. The temples he burned were not because they were Temples, but b/c Temples were the central political and ideological centers of Indian villages and cities at the time (much like Mosques). Aurangzeb would, in fact, destroy what he did, on a political basis.
What people who spew anti-Aurangzeb propaganda neglect the fact that Aurangzeb also had the most Hindu's in his advisory, and was even instructed under a Sufi Pir, during his youth (who were notorious for their attempts to reconcile both Islam and Hinduism)
http://islamoblog.blogspot.com
Assalaamualaikum (May peace be on you all)
It's pretty sad that people, specially in our times, make their opinions just on hearsay and religion is no exception. They never try to get into the meaning and reality of it. Therefore its the duty of those who stand by the truth to propogate it to the best of their ability. Anyways...
I know that what is commonly known about Aurangzeb is all misrepresentation. I have been wanting for sometime to bring the true picture of Aurangzeb before people in whatever little way I can, but due to my laziness and some other reasons, I have not been able to do so. It would be kind of you, if you could provide me with some information about Aurangzeb, specially his dealings with temples with some proofs and evidences.
Jazakumullah.
Always at your service
Hasan Muhammad Ali
http://loventruth.blogspot.com/
Dear Anonymous,
Good research, great job! But does that justifies the rise of Hindu anger in India? What do you expect from the present day Indian Muslim whose previous generation has fought for India's independence and decided to stay back in a Secular India when the facist Pakistani state took birth???
Dear Anonymous
I sure those freedom fighters will not cosider aurangzeb as hero.
I am not seeing all muslims in same way, my complaint is with those who consider these acts as acts of heroism to spread Islam.
It is very common to see that even educated muslim celebrates on winning of pakistan against India in cricket match
Dear Sir
I had posted two comments on this blog but were not published. Were they offensive in nature ??? If yes kindly let me know.
Islam is not what muslims or muslim rulers do...wars or conquests in any part of the world resulted in same kind of plunder...if u want to know islam..the best example is the life of Prophet Muhammad.
इस विषय पर और अधिक जानने के लिये पढें तफसीली पूर्व गवर्नर का लेख ''औरंगज़ेब ने मन्दिर तोडा तो मस्जिद भी तोडी लेकिन क्यूँ?''
http://islaminhindi.blogspot.com/2009/07/aurangzeb.html
डायरेक्ट लिंक
@ Anon 2:
Dear, Indian Muslims have nothing to do with what Aurangzeb did, neither present-day-Muslims have to be apologetic about Aurangzeb.
But this seem unfortunate that some people are 'trying' to paint Aurangzeb as 'secular' by citing odd incidents [not caring about authenticity of these citations]
It is well established that Aurangzeb was a bigot; and had done plenty of 'harm' to non-muslims of those days. [This is well established by a variety of historians]
Let history be as 'undistorted' as possible. There is no need to gloss over the mis-deeds of past days rulers.
Lets assume for the sake of argument that Aurangzeb was a bigot,what would you call ''chandasoka ''the great'' who butchered lakhs of innocents in kalinga? Furthermore lets assume that aurangzeb destroyed temples, what about ''lingayats'' who demolished many jain and bhudist monasteries in tamilnadu and karnataka? What about Harsha whom kalhana in rajtaringini describes as ''yavana''?
Thanks a GREAT lot to the Anonymous who posted about the Hindu king of Kashmir, Harsha Deva. A fitting reply to the other anonymous who posted about Ibrahim Lone stuff. Right on target!
How conveniently history is left out in India when Hindus are the terrorists. I've been hearing this "Aurangazeb is a bigot" stuff for years. Harsha Deva was pure devil incarnation who raped (violated?) his own cousin sister.
Read more about him here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harsha_of_Kashmir
William Dalrymple in a review of The Buddha and the Sahibs by Charles Allen published in The Guardian[1] writes:
"It was because of this persecution, several centuries before the arrival of Islam, that the philosophy of the Buddha, once a serious rival to Hinduism, virtually disappeared from India: Harsha Deva, a single Kashmiri raja, for example boasted that he had destroyed no less than 4,000 Buddhist shrines."
Bottomline is this: you can't pick and choose atrocities by earlier kings. If you must scrutinize the conduct of earlier Muslim rulers, you must bring the conduct of Hindu rulers also under the scanner. No other ways about it.
Aurangzeb was neither secular nor religious
but he is often portrayed as a typical tyrant Muslim ruler killing Hindus and destroying temples
in a book "Kuldayvat" published by gov of Maharashtra, Aurangzeb often visited the temple of tuljabhavani and even had bestowed many rewards on the temple.also he even worshiped khandoba and used to called him zhallu khan.
When in delhi he brutally murdered sufi saint sufisarmast.
point to be taken is that he merely wanted to rule his empire and all his actions were not like a Hindu killing ugly Muslim ruler .he was tyrant but to everyone, even to his own blood relatives.
Ok . I am a Hindu ( non practising ) in a house where my father is a Brahmin, mum a christian, brother married to a muslim girl , sister married to a muslim man and well I am gay and partners with a pakistani muslim. Too much to take ?
NO ! We ALL ARE HAPPY!
Leave everyone to themselves .
Secondly, as a Hindu and with siblings who actually practise CHRISTIANITy and not hinduism, my take on Aurangzeb is not very good.
Agreed that Indian muslims need not be apologetic about Aurangzebs horrendous profile. But Muslims who are trying to feel better by saying Aurangzeb made TEMPLES is TOO MUCH !
Please do not distort history to this effect. I know extremist Hindus ( who I do not like ) and even WHITES who tell me with proof that many Islamic monuments were built over hindu temple foundations after destroying their layouts first. Should I believe this ?
I am sure you wouldnt appreciate such rumours floating around.
To make the non muslim appreciate you, you must be able to accept the flaws in the people who do follow your religion as well as we do ours.. And hindus are willing to be rational.
I will never be a conservative hindu but I am Pro hindu. I do not appreciate people making fun of hindus in their own land!
Dear Editor,
plese not potrary Aurengzeb is tolernt king.He was not only hostile to Hindus even Shia and sufisam. He was pioneer for wahabhisam.
Anyway, he not connected to present day Indian muslims.If you try to do, then we have to suspect your intentions.
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