Executive frame needs Ganesha idols out of Qutub complicated
THE NATIONAL Monuments Authority (NMA) has requested the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to retrieve two Ganesha idols from the Qutub Minar complicated the place the Authority’s chairman says the “placement of the idols is disrespectful” —and transfer them to the Nationwide Museum, The Indian information has learnt.
In a written communique despatched to ASI past due final month, the NMA is learnt to have conveyed that the idols will have to be given a “decent” position on the Nationwide Museum, the place there’s a provision for such antiquities to be displayed. Each NMA and ASI function below the Union Ministry of Tradition.
ASI officers weren’t to be had for remark. NMA leader Tarun Vijay, who’s a BJP chief and previous Rajya Sabha MP, showed that the letter was once despatched. “I visited the web page a number of instances and realised that the location of the idols is disrespectful. They arrive close to the toes of the mosque guests,” he stated.
The NMA was once arrange in 2011 for the safety and preservation of monuments and websites, and spaces surrounding it.
“After Independence, we got rid of the statues of British kings and queens from India Gate, and adjusted the names of roads to erase marks of colonialism. Now we will have to paintings to opposite the cultural genocide that Hindus confronted by the hands of Mughal rulers,” Vijay stated.
The 2 idols are known as “Ulta Ganesh” and “Ganesha in cage”, and are positioned within the compound of the 12th century monument, which was once designated as a International Heritage web page by way of UNESCO in 1993.
The “Ulta Ganesh” (the wrong way up) is a part of the south-facing wall of the Quwwat Ul Islam mosque within the complicated. The opposite idol, enclosed in an iron cage, is with reference to the bottom stage and is a part of the similar mosque.
“Those idols had been taken, except for the ones of Jain Tirthankaras and Yamuna, Dashavatar, Navagrahas, after demolishing 27 Jain and Hindu temples constructed by way of King Anangpal Tomar… The way in which those idols had been positioned is a mark of contempt for India, and wishes correction,” Vijay stated.
