Mathura Mosque

A court in Mathura will hear on August 16 the petition seeking a survey of the Shahi Eidgah and Jahanara's mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India and the objections filed to it by the Sunni Central Waqf Board.

Disputes over the mosque in Kashi or Varanasi and Mathura have been in the headlines in the last month with court battles being fought over the status of these mosques located right next to prominent temples.

While the jury is still out on Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque case and on Shahi Eidgah in Mathura, a senior UP minister on Monday said that India became a "global powerhouse" because of its gods, and they are its identity.

Three applications were filed in the court of civil judge (senior division) in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute case, requesting among other things that the status quo be maintained on the mosque premises, officials said.

A lawsuit demanding the removal of a mosque in Mathura said to be built on the "Krishna Janmabhoomi" or the birthplace of Lord Krishna has been allowed by a court in Uttar Pradesh.

A fresh plea was filed in a court in Mathura seeking an injuction against prayers at the Shahi Idgah mosque in Mathura, which the petitioners claiming that the site where the mosque is built is believed to be the birth place of Lord Krishna.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura has reserved its verdict in the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Mosque dispute case for May 19.

In the streets around a religious site in Mathura where a temple and mosque stand side-by-side, the handful of Muslim restaurants that remain are mostly empty or shuttered.

A petition has been filed at a local court here seeking prohibition on namaz at the Shahi Idgah, located close to the temple in Shri Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura.

Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swarup Shukla has said Muslims should hand over a mosque close to a temple at the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to Hindus, referring to it as a "safed bhavan" (white structure).

Security has been tightened in Mathura to avoid any untoward incident ahead of December 6, the date on which the Babri mosque was demolished in Ayodhya in 1992, officials said on Saturday.

Days before the anniversary of Bari Masjid demolition and with state elections starting in just over two months, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has tweeted what appears to be a call for a temple in Mathura.

A Mathura court has issued notices to the Shahi Idgah Masjid management committee and others, seeking their stands on a fresh plea for the removal of a 17th-century mosque from near the birthplace of Lord Krishna in the Katra Keshav Dev temple complex in Mathura.

After the Ayodhya Ram temple case, a petition asking for the removal of a mosque near Krishna Janmabhoomi or what is said to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura was dismissed by a court today.

Ayodhya Verdict: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, today said they would not be involved in any call for temples in place of mosques at Varanasi and Mathura.

A court in Mathura will hear on August 16 the petition seeking a survey of the Shahi Eidgah and Jahanara's mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India and the objections filed to it by the Sunni Central Waqf Board.

Disputes over the mosque in Kashi or Varanasi and Mathura have been in the headlines in the last month with court battles being fought over the status of these mosques located right next to prominent temples.

While the jury is still out on Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque case and on Shahi Eidgah in Mathura, a senior UP minister on Monday said that India became a "global powerhouse" because of its gods, and they are its identity.

Three applications were filed in the court of civil judge (senior division) in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute case, requesting among other things that the status quo be maintained on the mosque premises, officials said.

A lawsuit demanding the removal of a mosque in Mathura said to be built on the "Krishna Janmabhoomi" or the birthplace of Lord Krishna has been allowed by a court in Uttar Pradesh.

A fresh plea was filed in a court in Mathura seeking an injuction against prayers at the Shahi Idgah mosque in Mathura, which the petitioners claiming that the site where the mosque is built is believed to be the birth place of Lord Krishna.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura has reserved its verdict in the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Mosque dispute case for May 19.

In the streets around a religious site in Mathura where a temple and mosque stand side-by-side, the handful of Muslim restaurants that remain are mostly empty or shuttered.

A petition has been filed at a local court here seeking prohibition on namaz at the Shahi Idgah, located close to the temple in Shri Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura.

Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swarup Shukla has said Muslims should hand over a mosque close to a temple at the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to Hindus, referring to it as a "safed bhavan" (white structure).

Security has been tightened in Mathura to avoid any untoward incident ahead of December 6, the date on which the Babri mosque was demolished in Ayodhya in 1992, officials said on Saturday.

Days before the anniversary of Bari Masjid demolition and with state elections starting in just over two months, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has tweeted what appears to be a call for a temple in Mathura.

A Mathura court has issued notices to the Shahi Idgah Masjid management committee and others, seeking their stands on a fresh plea for the removal of a 17th-century mosque from near the birthplace of Lord Krishna in the Katra Keshav Dev temple complex in Mathura.

After the Ayodhya Ram temple case, a petition asking for the removal of a mosque near Krishna Janmabhoomi or what is said to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura was dismissed by a court today.

Ayodhya Verdict: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, today said they would not be involved in any call for temples in place of mosques at Varanasi and Mathura.