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  • List Delhi Gujarat Temples Into Mosques

    After I posted a List of Temples onverted into Mosques.readers wanted me to collate a List Area,State specific.

    I am posting a List for Delhi and Gujarat.

    More information can be had at the Links I have provided.

    I am also posting the Destruction of Hindu Temples , later turned into mosques, as recorded by Muslim Historians.

    A List of Temples destroyed and turned into mosques in Delhi.

    The information is shared as our Books do not reflect what Facts really are.

    Truth has to be told, shared.

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    .I. Mehrauli

    1. Quwwatu’l Islm Masjid (1198).

    2. Qutb Mnr

    .3. Maqbara of Shamsu’d-Dn Iltutmish (1235.)

    4. Dargh of Shykh Qutbu’d-Dn Bakhtyr Kk (d. 1236).

    5. Jahz Mahal

    .6. AlI Darwz.

    7. AlI Mnr.

    8. Madrasa and Maqbara of Alu’d-Dn Khalj.

    9. Maqbara of Ghiyu’d-Dn Balban.

    10. Masjid and Mazr of Shykh Fazlu’llh known as Jaml-Kaml.

    11. MaDh Masjid.

    II. Sultan GhariMaqbara of Nsiru’d-Dn, son of Sultn Shamsu’d-Dn Iltutmish (1231)

    .III. PalamBbr (Ghazanfar) Masjid (1528-29).

    IV. Begumpur

    1. Masjid.

    2. Bijai Mandal.

    3. Klu Sari-k-Masjid.

    4. Mazr of Shykh Najbu’d-Dn Mutwakkal Chisht (d. 1272).

    V. TughlaqabadMaqbara of Ghiysu’d-Dn Tughlaq.

    VI. Chiragh-Delhi1. Dargh of Shykh Nasru’d-Dn Chirgh-i-Dehl (d. 1356).

    2. Maqbara of Bahlul Lod

    ……..

    3. Wazrpur-k-Gumbad.4

    . Mund Gumbads.

    5. Bar-Lo-k-Gumbad.6. Barje-k-Gumbad.

    XIV. The Ridge1. Mlch Mahal

    ,2. Bhl Bhatiyri-k-Mahal.

    3. Qadam Sharf.

    4. Chauburz Masjid

    .5. Pr Ghaib.

    XV. WazirabadMasjid and Mazr of Shh lam.

    XVI. South Extension1. Kle Khn-k-Gumbad

    .2. Bhre Khn-k-Gumbad.

    3. Chhote Khn-k-Gumbad.

    4. BaDe Khn-k-Gumbad.

    XVII. Other Areas1. Maqbara of Mubrak Shh in Kotla Mubarakpur.

    2. Kushk Mahal in Tin Murti.

    3. Sundar Burj in Sundarnagar.

    4. Jmi’ Masjid in Kotla Fruz Shh.

    5. Abdu’n-Nab-k-Masjid near Tilak Bridge.

    6. Maqbara of Raushanra Begum

    I. Ahmadabad District.

    1. Ahmadabad, Materials of temples destroyed at Asaval, Patan and Chandravati were used in the building of this Muslim city and its monuments. Some of the monuments are listed below :
    (i) Palace and Citadel of Bhadra.
    (ii) Ahmad Shh-k-Masjid in Bhadra.
    (iii) Jmi’ Masjid of Ahmad Shh.
    (iv) Haibat Khn-k-Masjid.
    (v) Rn Rpmat-k-Masjid.
    (vi) Rn B Harr-k-Masjid.
    (vii) Malik SraNg-k-Masjid.
    (viii) Mahfz Khn-k-Masjid.
    (ix) Sayyid lam-k-Masjid.
    (x) Pattharwli or Qutb Shh-k-Masjid.
    (xi) Sakar Khn-k-Masjid.
    (xii) Bb Ll-k-Masjid.
    (xiii) Shykh Hasan Muhammad Chisht-k-Masjid.
    (xiv) Masjid at Isnpur.
    (xv) Masjid and Mazr of Malik Sha’bn.
    (xvi) Masjid and Mazr of Rn Spr (Sabarai).
    (xvii) Masjid and Mazr of Shh lam at Vatva.
    (xviii) Maqbara of Sultn Ahmad Shh I.
    2. Dekwara, Masjid (1387). Temple site.
    3. Dholka
    (i) Masjid and Mazr of Bahlol Khn Ghz. Temple site.
    (ii) Mazr of Barkat Shahd (1318). Temple site.
    (iii) Tanka or Jmi’ Masjid (1316). Temple materials used.
    (iv) Hilll Khn Qz-k-Masjid (1333). Temple materials used.
    (v) Khrn Masjid (1377). Converted Bvan Jinlaya Temple.
    (vi) Kl Bazar Masjid (1364). Temple site.
    4. Isapur, Masjid. Temple site.
    5. Mandal
    (i) Sayyid-k-Masjid (1462). Temple site.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    6. Paldi, Patthar-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    7. Ranpur, Jmi’ Masjid (1524-25). Temple site.
    8. Sarkhej
    (i) Dargh of Shykh Ahmad Khatt Ganj Baksh (d. 1445). Temple materials used.
    (ii) Maqbara of Sultn Mahmd BegaD. Temple materials used.
    9. Usmanpur, Masjid and Mazr of Sayyid Usmn. Temple site.

    II. Banaskantha District.
    1. Haldvar, Mazr of Ln Shh and Gjar Shh. Temple site.
    2. Halol
    (i) Ek Mnr-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) PNch MuNhD-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    (iii) Jmi’ Masjid (1523-24). Temple site.
    3. Malan, Jmi’ Masjid (1462). Temple materials used.

    III. Baroda District.
    1. Baroda
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1504-05) Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Pr Amr Thir with its Ghz Masjid. Temple site.
    (iii) Mazr of Pr GhoD (1421-23). Temple site.
    2. Dabhoi
    (i) Dargh of PNch Bb. Temple materials used.
    (ii) Mazr of M Dhokr. Temple materials used.
    (iii) Fort. Temple materials used.
    (iv) Hira, Baroda, MabuDa and NandoDi Gates. Temple materials used.
    (v) MahuNDi Masjid. Temple materials used.
    3. Danteshwar, Mazr of Qutbu’d-Dn. Temple site.
    4. Sankheda, Masjid (1515-16). Temple site.

    IV. Bharuch District.
    1. Amod, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple materials used.
    2. Bharuch
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1321). Brahmanical and Jain temple materials used.
    (ii) Ghaznav Masjid (1326). Temple site.
    (iii) Idgh (1326). Temple site.
    (iv) ChunwD Masjid (1458). Temple site.
    (v) Qz-k-Masjid (1609). Temple site.
    (vi) Mazr of Makhdm Sharfu’d-Dn (1418). Temple site.
    3. Jambusar, Jmi’ Masjid (1508-09). Temple site.
    4. Tankaria, BaD or Jmi’ Masjid (1453). Temple site.

    V. Bhavnagar District.
    1. Botad, Mazr of Pr Hamr Khan. Temple site.
    2. Tolaja, Idgh and Dargh of Hasan Pr. Temple site.
    3. Ghoda, Masjid (1614). Temple site.

    VI. Jamnagar District.
    1. Amran, Dargh of Dawal Shh. Temple materials used.
    2. Bet Dwarka, Dargh of Pr Kirmn. Temple site.
    3. Dwarka, Masjid (1473). Temple site.

    VII. Junagarh District.
    1. Junagarh
    (i) BorwD Masjid (1470). Temple site.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid in Uparkot. Jain Temple site.
    (iii) Masjid at M GaDhech. Converted Jain temple.
    2. Loliyana, Dargh of Madr Shh. Temple site.
    3. Kutiana, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    4. Mangrol
    (i) Rahmat Masjid. Temple materials used.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid (1382-83). Temple materials used.
    (iii) JnI Jail-k-Masjid (1385-86). Temple site.
    (iv) Revl Masjid (1386-87). Temple materials used.
    (v) Masjid at Bandar. Temple materials used.
    (vi) Dargh near Revli Masjid. Temple materials used.
    (vii) Mazr of Sayyid Sikandar alias Makhdm Jahniy (1375). Temple materials used.
    (viii) GaDhi Gate. Temple materials used.
    5. Somnath Patan
    (i) Bzr Masjid (1436). Temple site.
    (ii) Chndn Masjid (1456). Temple site.
    (iii) Qz-k-Masjid (1539). Temple site.
    (iv) PathnwaDi Masjid (1326). Temple site.
    (v) Muhammad Jamdr-k-Masjid (1420). Temple site.
    (vi) MiThshh Bhang-k-Masjid (1428). Temple site.
    (vii) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple materials used.
    (viii) Masjid made out of the SomanAtha Temple of Kumrapla.
    (ix) Masjid at the back of the Somantha Temple. Converted temple.
    (x) Mot Darwza. Temple materials used.
    (xi) Mpur Masjid on the way to Veraval. Temple materials used.
    (xii) Dargh of Manglri Shh near Mpur Masjid. Temple materials used.
    (xiii) Shahd Mahmd-k-Masjid (1694). Temple site.
    6. Vanasthali, Jmi’ Masjid. Converted VAmana Temple.
    7. Veraval
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1332). Temple site.
    (ii) Nagna Masjid (1488). Temple site.
    (iii) Chowk Masjid. Temple site.
    (iv) MNDv Masjid. Temple site.
    (v) Mazr of Sayyid Ishq or Maghrib Shh. Temple site.
    (vi) Dargh of Muhammad bin Hj Giln. Temple site.

    VIII. Kachchh District.
    1. Bhadreshwar
    (i) Solkhamb Masjid. Jain Temple materials used.
    (ii) ChhoT Masjid. Jain Temple materials used.
    (iii) Dargh of Pr Ll Shhbz. Jain Temple materials used.
    2. Bhuj
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) Gumbad of Bb Guru. Temple site.
    3. Munra or MunDra, Seaport built from the materials of Jain temples of Bhadreshwar which were demolished by the Muslims; its Safed Masjid which can be seen from afar was built from the same materials.

    IX. Kheda District.
    1. Kapadwani
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1370-71). Temple site.
    (ii) Sm Shahd-k-Masjid (1423). Temple site.
    2. Khambhat
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1325). Jain Temple materials used.
    (ii) Masjid in Qaziwara (1326). Temple site.
    (iii) Masjid in Undipet (1385). Temple site.
    (iv) Sadi-i-Awwal Masjid (1423). Temple site.
    (v) Fujr-k-Masjid (1427). Temple site.
    (vi) Mazr of Umar bin Ahmad Kzrn. Jain Temple materials used.
    (vii) Mazr of Qbil Shh. Temple site.
    (viii) Mazr of Shykh Al Jaulq known as Parwz Shh (1498). Temple site.
    (ix) Mazr of Shh Bahlol Shahd. Temple site.
    (x) Maqbara of Ikhtyru’d-Daula (1316). Temple site.
    (xi) IdgAh (1381-82). Temple site.
    3. Mahuda, Jmi’ Masjid (1318). Temple site.
    4. Sojali, Sayyid Mubrak-k-Masjid. Temple site.

    X. Mehsana District.
    1. Kadi
    (i) Masjid (1384). Temple site.
    (ii) Masjid (1583). Temple site.
    2. Kheralu, Jmi’ Masjid (1409-10). Temple site.
    3. Modhera, Rayadi Masjid. Temple site.
    4. Munjpur, Jmi’ Masjid (1401-02). Temple site.
    5. Patan
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1357). Temple materials used.
    (ii) Pht Mahalla or Pinjar Kot-k-Masjid (1417). Temple site.
    (iii) Bzr-k-Masjid (1490). Temple site.
    (iv) Masjid in a field that was the Sahasralinga Talav. Temple materials used.
    (v) Masjid and Dargh of Makhdm Husmu’d-Dn Chisht, disciple of Shykh Nizmu’d-Dn Awliya of Delhi. Temple materials used.
    (vi) GmD Masjid (1542). Temple site.
    (vii) RangrezoN-k-Masjid (1410-11). Temple site.
    (viii) Dargh of Shykh Muhammad Turk Kshgar (1444-45). Temple site.
    (ix) Dargh of Shykh Fard. Converted temple.
    6. Sami, Jmi’ Masjid (1404). Temple site.
    7. Sidhpur, Jmi’ Masjid. Built on the site and with the materials of the Rudra-mahlaya Temple of Siddharja JayasiMha.
    8. Una, Dargh of Hazrat Shh Pr. Temple site.
    9. Vijapur
    (i) Kaln Masjid (1369-70). Temple site.
    (ii) Mansr Masjid. Temple site.

    XI. Panch Mahals District.
    1. Champaner
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1524). Temple site.
    (ii) Bhadra of Mahmd BegD. Temple site.
    (iii) Shahr-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    2. Godhra, Masjid. Temple site.
    3. Pavagadh
    (i) Masjid built on top of the Dev Temple.
    (ii) PNch MuNhD Masjid. Temple site.
    (iii) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site,
    4. Rayania, Masjid (1499-1500). Temple site.

    XII. Rajkot District.
    1. Jasdan, Dargh of Kl Pr. Temple materials used.
    2. Khakhrechi
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Kaml Shh Pr. Temple site.
    3. Mahuva, Idgah (1418). Temple site.
    4. Malia, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    5. Morvi, Masjid (1553). Temple site.
    6. Santrampur, Masjid (1499-1500). Temple site.

    XIII. Sabarkantha District.
    1. Hersel, Masjid (1405). Temple site.
    2. Himmatnagar, Moti-Mohlat Masjid in Nani Vorwad (1471). Temple site.
    3. Prantij
    (i) Fath or Tekrewl Masjid (1382). Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Sikandar Shh Shahd (d. 1418). Temple materials used.

    XIV. Surat District.
    1. Navasari
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1340). Temple site.
    (ii) Shh Masjid. Temple site.
    2. Rander, The Jains who predominated in this town were expelled by Muslims and all temples of the former were converted into mosques. The following mosques stand on the site of and/or are constructed with materials from those temples:
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid.
    (ii) Nit Naur Masjid.
    (iii) Min-k-Masjid.
    (iv) Khrw Masjid.
    (v) Munsh-k-Masjid.
    3. Surat
    (i) Mirz Smi-k-Masjid (1336). Temple site.
    (ii) Nau Sayyid Shib-k-Masjid and the nine Mazrs on Gopi Talav in honour of nine Ghzs. Temple sites.
    (iii) Fort built in the reign of Farrukh Siyr. Temple materials used.
    (iv) Gopi Talav (1718). Temple materials used.
    4. Tadkeshwar, Jmi’ Masjid (1513-14). Temple site.

    XV. Surendranagar District.
    1. Sara, DarbargaDh-k-Masjid (1523). Temple site.
    2. Vad Nagar, Masjid (1694). Stands on the site of the Htakevara
    Mahdeva temple.
    3. Wadhwan, Jmi’ Masjid (1439). Temple site.

    Records by Muslim Historians.

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      The evidence of destruction of thousands of Hindu temples can be primarily found from two different sources:
    1. Literary Evidence from the work of renowned Islamic historians
    2. Epigraphic Evidence from the inscriptions on numerous Mosques all over     India.
    This article deals with only the literary evidence.

                Hundreds of Muslim historians have glorified the deeds of their Muslim heroes all over India.  This by no means is an exhaustive list! To learn more about this, please read both volumes of, Hindu Temples: What Happened To Them? by Sita Ram Goel.
    There is elaborate literary evidence from the Islamic sources which glorify the crimes committed by the Muslims in India. Crimes such as the desecration of the Hindu idols, looting of the temples, killing devotees and raping have been well documented by the Muslim historians themselves. They have done so because according to them these Muslim rulers by doing such deeds were following the tenets of Islam and Sunnah of the prophet Mohammed. The literary evidence stated below is in chronological order with reference to the time at which a particular work was written.

              1. Name Of The Book: Hindustan Islami Ahad Mein (India under Islamic Rule)
    Name Of The Historian: Maulana Abdul Hai.
    About The Author: He is a highly respected scholar and taken as an authority on Islamic history. Because of his scholarship and his services to Islam, Maulana Abdul Hai was appointed as the Rector of the Darul Nadwa Ullum Nadwatal-Ulama. He continued in that post till his death in February 1923.

    The following section is taken from the chapter Hindustan ki Masjidein (The mosques of India) of the above mentioned book. Here we can see a brief description of few important mosques in India and how each one of them was built upon plundered Hindu temples.
    a. Qawwat al-Islam Mosque at Delhi: “According to my findings the first mosque of Delhi is Qubbat al-Islam or Quwwat al-Islam which, Qutubud-Din Aibak constructed in H. 587 after demolishing the Hindu temple built by Prithvi Raj and leaving certain parts of the temple outside the mosque proper; and when he returned from Ghazni in H. 592 he started building, under orders from Shihabud-Din Ghori, a huge mosque of inimitable red stones, and certain parts of the temple were included in the mosque…”
    b. The Mosque at Jaunpur: “This was built by Sultan Ibrahim Sharqi with chiseled stones. Originally it was a Hindu temple after demolishing which he constructed the mosque. It is known as the Atala Masjid.”
    c.     The Mosque at Qanauj: “It is well known that this mosque was built on the foundations of some Hindu temple that stood here. The mosque was built by Ibrahim Sharqi in H. 809 as is recorded in Gharbat Nigar.”
    d. Jami Masjid at Etwah: “This mosque stands on the bank of the Jamuna at Etawah. There was a Hindu temple at this place, on the site of which this mosque was constructed. .”
    e. Babri Masjid at Ayodhya: “This mosque was constructed by Babar at Ayodhya which Hindus call the birth place of Ramchandraji… Sita had a temple here in which she lived and cooked for her husband. On that very site Babar constructed this mosque in H.963 ”
    f. Mosque at Benaras: “Mosque of Benares was built by Alamgir Aurangzeb on the site of Bisheshwar Temple. That temple was very tall and held as holy among Hindus. On this very site and with those very stones he constructed a lofty mosque, and its ancient stones were rearranged after being embedded in the walls of the mosque. It is one of the renowned mosques of Hindustan.”
    g. Mosque at     Mathura: “Alamgir Aurangzeb built a mosque at Mathura. This mosque was built on site of the Govind Dev Temple which was very strong and beautiful as well as exquisite.”

    2. Name Of The Book: Futuhu’l-Buldan
    Name Of The Historian: Ahmed bin Yahya bin Jabir
    About The Author: This author is also known as al-Biladhuri. He lived at the court of Khalifa Al-Mutawakkal (AD 847-861) and died in AD 893. His history is one of the major Arab chronicles.
    The Muslim Rulers He Wrote About:
    a. Ibn Samurah (AD 653)
    Siestan (Iran)
    “On reaching Dawar, he surrounded the enemy in the mountain of Zur, where there was a famous Hindu temple.” “…Their idol of Zur was of gold, and its eyes were two rubies. The zealous Musalmans cut off its hands and plucked out its eyes, and then remarked to the Marzaban how powerless was his idol…”

    b. Qutaibah bin Muslim al-Bahili (AD 705-715)
    Samarkand (Farghana)
    “Other authorities say that Kutaibah granted peace for 700,000 dirhams and entertainment for the Moslems for three days. The terms of surrender included also the houses of the idols and the fire temples. The idols were thrown out, plundered of their ornaments and burned…”

    c. Mohammed bin Qasim (AD 712-715)
    Debal (Sindh)
    “…The town was thus taken by assault, and the carnage endured for three days. The governor of the town, appointed by Dahir, fled and the priests of the temple were massacred. Muhammad marked a place for the Musalmans to dwell in, built a mosque, and left 4,000 Musalmans to garrison the place…”
    “…Ambissa son of Ishak Az Zabbi, the governor of Sindh, in the Khilafat of Mu’tasim billah knocked down the upper part of the minaret of the temple and converted it into a prison…”

    Multan (Punjab)
    “…He then crossed the Biyas, and went towards Multan…Muhammad destroyed the water-course; upon which the inhabitants, oppressed with thirst, surrendered at discretion. He massacred the men capable of bearing arms, but the children were taken captive, as well as ministers of the temple, to the number of 6,000. The Musalmans found there much gold in a chamber ten cubits long by eight broad…”

    d. Hasham bin ‘Amru al-Taghlabi
    Khandahar (Maharashtra)
    “He then went to Khandahar in boats and conquered it. He destroyed the Budd (idol) there, and built in its place a mosque.”

    3. Name Of The Book: Tarikh-i-Tabari
    Name Of The Historian: Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Jarir at-Tabari
    About The Author: This author is considered to be the foremost historian of Islam. The above mentioned book written by him is regarded as the mother of histories.
    The Muslim Rulers He Wrote About:

    a. Qutaibah bin Muslim al-Bahili (AD 705-715)
    Beykund (Khurasan)
    “The ultimate capture of Beykund (in AD 706) rewarded him with an incalculable booty; even more than had hitherto fallen into the hands of the Mohammedans by the conquest of the entire province of Khorassaun; and the unfortunate merchants of the town, having been absent on a trading excursion while their country was assailed by the enemy, and finding their habitations desolate on their return contributed further to enrich the invaders, by the ransom which they paid for the recovery of their wives and children. The ornaments alone, of which these women had been plundered, being melted down, produce, in gold, 150,000 meskals; of a dram and a half each. Among the articles of the booty, is also described an image of gold, of 50,000 meskals, of which the eyes were two pearls, the exquisite beauty and magnitude of which excited the surprise and admiration of Kateibah. They were transmitted by him, with a fifth of the spoil to Hejauje, together with a request that he might be permitted to distribute, to the troops, the arms which had been found in the palace in great profusion.”

    Samarkand (Farghana)
    “A breach was, however, at last effected in the walls of the city in AD 712 by the warlike machines of Kateibah; and some of the most daring of its defenders having fallen by the skill of his archers, the besieged demanded a cessation of arms to the following day, when they promised to capitulate. The request was acceded to the Kateibah; and a treaty was the next day accordingly concluded between him and the prince of Samarkand, by which the latter engaged for the annual payment of ten million of dhirems, and a supply of three thousand slaves; of whom it was particularly stipulated, that none should either be in a state of infancy, or ineffective from old age and debility. He further contracted that the ministers of his religion should be expelled from their temples and their idols destroyed and burnt; that Kateibah should be allowed to establish a mosque in the place of the principal temple….”
    “…Kateibah accordingly set set fire to the whole collection with his own hands; it was soon consumed to ashes, and 50,000 meskals of gold and silver, collected from the nails which had been used in the workmanship of the images.”

    b.. Yaqub bin Laith (AD 870-871)
    Balkh and Kabul (Afghanistan)
    “He took Bamian, which he probably reached by way of Herat, and then marched on     Balkh where he ruined (the temple) Naushad. On his way back from Balkh he attacked Kabul…”
    “Starting from Panjhir, the place he is known to have visited, he must have passed through the capital city of the Hindu Sahis to rob the sacred temple — the reputed place of coronation of the Sahi rulers — of its sculptural wealth…”
    “The exact details of the spoil collected from Kabul valley are lacking. The Tarikh [-i-Sistan] records 50 idols of gold and silver and Mas’udi mentions elephants. The wonder excited in Baghdad by     baghdad by elephants and pagan idols forwarded to the Caliph by Ya’qub also speaks for their high value.”

    4. Name Of The Book: Tarikhu’l-Hind
    Name Of The Historian: Abu Rihan Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Biruni al-Khwarizmi.
    About The Author: This author spent 40 years in India during the reign of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni (AD 997 – 1030). His history treats of the literature and learning of the Hindus at the commencement of the 11th century.
    The Muslim Rulers He Wrote About:

    a. Jalam ibn Shaiban (9th century AD)
    Multan (Punjab)
    “A famous idol of theirs was that of     Multan, dedicated to the sun, and therefore called Aditya. It was of wood and covered with red Cordovan leather; in its two eyes were two red rubies. It is said to have been made in the last Kritayuga …..When Muhammad Ibn Alkasim Ibn Almunaibh conquered Multan, he inquired how the town had become so very flourishing and so many treasures had there been accumulated, and then he found out that this idol was the cause, for there came pilgrims from all sides to visit it. Therefore he thought it best to have the idol where it was, but he hung a piece of cow’s flesh on its neck by way of mockery. On the same place a mosque was built. When the Karmatians occupied Multan, Jalam Ibn Shaiban, the usurper, broke the idol into pieces and killed its priests…”

    More at the Links below

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    http://www.stephen-knapp.com/islamic_destruction_of_hindu_temples.htm

    http://hindutemples-whthappendtothem.blogspot.in/

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/20581952/The-List-of-Hindu-Temples-Converted-to-Mosque-in-Delhi

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    Pakistan inherited about 300 Temples at the time of partition and only about a dozen remain today.

    Destroyed Hindu TemplesHindu Temples Destroyed.Pakistan.
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    Hindu Temple destroyed
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    The
    Martand temple is one of the important archaeological sites of the country. It was built around 500 AD. The Martand temple (coordinates 33°44′44″N 75°13′13″E) or 33.7456817°N and 75.2203792°E is situated at Kehribal, 9 km east-north-east of Anantnag and south of Mattan.
    The Martand Sun Temple was built by King of Karkota Dynasty – Lalitaditya Muktapida in 8th century AD.[2][3]It is said to have been built during 725-756 AD.[4]The foundation of the temple is said to have been around 370-500 AD., and also some attributed the construction of the temple began with Ranaditya.[5][6]
    The temple was completely destroyed by Sikandar Butshikan in early 15th century. It took one year for Sikander Butshikan to fully damage and destroy this Martand temple Image Credit.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martand_Sun_Temple

    List of Hindu temples in Pakistan.

    ”

    • Araya Temple, Nawanshehr area, Abbottabad (ruined)
    • Shiva Temple and Dusehra House (old)- Abbottabad (ruined)
    • Krishna Temple (old)–Abbottabad (destroyed/no building longer exists)
    • Shiva Temple (ancient)- Mansehra, Chitti Gatti/Gandhian location (in use)
    • Shiva Temple (former, now a public library)– Mansehra town (no longer a temple)
    • Bareri Mata/Durga Temple and Shrine, on Bareri hill–Mansehra (destroyed/no longer in regular use,location sometimes visited by pilgrims and tourists)
    • Nandi Mandir – Peshawar
    • Balmiki (Valmiki) Mandir – Peshawar
    • Shiv Mandir – Nowshera
    • Laxmi Narain Mandir – Mardan
    • Kali Mandir – Dera Ismail Khan (being used as a hotel)
    • Aditya Sun temple – Multan
    • Jagannath Temple – Sialkot
    • Katasraj temple, Katas Village – Chakwal
    • Krishna Temple, Ravi Road, Lahore
    • Old Temple – Sialkot (not used)
    • Sri Narasimha Temple – Multan
    • Suraj Kund Temple – Multan

     

     

     

    • Samadha Ashram, Shikarpur, Sukkur
    • Shankaranand Bharti, Shikarpur, Sukkur
    • Khat Wari Darbar, Shikarpur, Sukkur
    • Sadh Belo, Rohri
    • Wasan Shah Darbar, Rohri
    • Baba Garib Das Darbar, Gospur, Kandhkot
    • Jhulay Lal Mandir, Bagarji, Sukkur
    • GURU Nanik DASS Mandir, Shahdad Kot
    • Baba Khat wala shahib Mandir, Shahdad Kot
    • Shiv Mandir, Shahdad Kot
    • Baba Hiradaram Mandir, Shahdad Kot
    • Bhagnari Shiv Mandir, Kakri Ground – Karachi
    • Darya Lal Sankat Mochan Mandir (also called Jhoolay Lal Mandir), Custom House – Karachi
    • Devi Mandir, Bombay Bazar – Karachi
    • Hanuman Mandir, Doli Khata – Karachi
    • Hanuman Mandir, Frere Road – Karachi
    • Hinglaj Mata Mandir, (also called Jagannath Akhra Mandir), Bhimpura – Karachi
    • Kali Mata Temple – Umerkot
    • Shiv Mandir – Umerkot
    • Krishna Mandir – Umerkot
    • Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Native Jetty – Karachi
    • Manhar Mandir Kathwari Mandir, Rancho Line – Karachi
    • Mata Mandir, Doli Khata – Karachi
    • Malir Mandir, Shah Faisal Colony – Karachi
    • Narsingh Mahadev Mandir, Risala – Karachi
    • Panjmukhi Mahraj Hanoman Mandir, Soldier Bazar – Karachi
    • Pamwal Das Shiv Mandir, Baghdadi, Saddar – Karachi
    • Purana Mandir, Saddar, – Karachi
    • Rat Nageshwar Mahadev Mandir, Clifton – Karachi
    • Ramchandra Mandir, Saddar – Karachi
    • Ramswamy Mandir, Ramswamy – Karachi
    • Sheetala Mata Mandir, Bhimpura, Karachi
    • Shiv Mandir, Islamia College, Karachi
    • Shri Laxmi Narayan Hanuman Mandir, Native Jetty – Karachi
    • Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road – Karachi
    • Shri Devi mata mander Chelhar Distt: Mithi Thar
    • Shri murli mander chelhar Distt: Mithi Thar
    • Shri Ramapi mander chelhar Distt: Mithi Thar
    • Shiv mander chelhar distt: Mithi thar
    • Kathwari Harijan MANHAR MANDIR
    • Shri Punch Mukhi Hanuman Mandir, Garden East – Karachi
    • Shri Varun Dev Mandir, Manora, Karachi, Pakistan
    • Krishna Mandar kantio Tharparkar
    • Shri Hanuman Mandir, JPMC Karachi
    • Shri Mari Amman (Mata)Temple, JPMC F/Type Karachi
    • Shri Mari Maata Mandir, Korangi Karachi
    • Shri Murlidhar Mandir Mithi Tharparker
    • Shri Krishna Mandar Mithi Tharparker
    • Shri Hanuman Mander Mithi Tharparkar
    • Shri Pir Pithoro Mander Mithi Tharparkar
    • Shri Ramapir Mander Mithi Tharparkar
    • Shantoshi Maa Mander Mithi Tharparkar
    • SHIV parvati Mander Mithi tharparkar
    • Lokesh mander Mithi tharparkar
    • Guri Mandir, Guri, TharParkar
    • Shri Ramapir / Shri Hanuman Mandir – Cantt, Karachi

    Present State:

    Of the 300 Hindu temples that Pakistan inherited in 1947 atthe time of partition, hardly three dozen have managed to survive,many of whom are in ruins and set to disappear with the passage of time if due attention is not paid to their maintenance.

     

    Following the demolition of the historic Babri Mosque in India in 1992by Hindu extremists, over 200 Hindu temples were destroyed across Pakistan by angry Muslims. Many of the Hindus living in Sindh andNorth West Frontier Province lost their homes as the largest outward migration of the Hindu community since Partition took place during these years. But despite all that, Hindus still exist in Pakistan,numbering more than 2 million. The Hindu population is largest in the Sindh province followed by the North West Frontier Province of the country, but there are Hindu communities dotted all over Pakistan who continue to suffer constant threats against their security, property and lives by extremist Muslims.

     

    Together with the apathy of the public, the Hindus of Pakistan remain a forgotten and voiceless people who have to live a low profile existence and have to put up with many insults to their honour and dignity, without any safeguards. The Pakistani authorities rarelyintervene to help their Hindu nationals, despite the fact that there are frequent reports of the kidnapping of Hindu women and children and looting of Hindu property, besides other forms of discrimination and persecution.

     

    As things stand, most Hindu temples in Pakistan are non-existent while idols in many ancient temples of historical importance are missing.The famous Temples at Katas, near Kalar Kahar, are in a dilapidated condition and require renovation.

    Source:

    http://www.metransparent.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=7551&lang=en

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  • Petra Jordan Ancient Shiva Temple?

    Petra , an ancient city , which belonged to the Greeks earlier,excavated in Jordan is considered as one of the wonders of the world.

    English: Facade of Al Khazneh, Petra, Jordan Français : Façade de El Khazneh (la Trésorerie) à Pétra en Jordanie
    Al Khazneh,Petra Image source Wikimedia Commons.

    This city had the imprint of Constantine as well.

    ‘In a recently conducted Internet poll, Petra was voted by internet users as one of the ‘seven wonders of the modern world’. In this abandoned city, which lies hidden behind impenetrable mountains and gorges, magnificent rock-cut temples and palaces have been carved into towering cliffs of red and orange sandstone. The most famous of these structures is the ‘Al Khasneh’ (or the ‘Treasury’), which was made famous in an Indiana Jones film.

    Sometime during the 3rd century BC, the Nabataeans began to decorate their capital city with splendid rock-cut temples and buildings. [Right: The Khasneh or “Treasury”] Their economic prosperity and architectural achievements continued unabated even after they came under the control of the Roman Empire in 106 CE. The neglect and decline of Petra started soon after Emperor Constantine declared Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire in 324 CE. A series of earthquakes crippled the region in the 7th – 8th centuries and Petra disappeared from the map of the known world, only to be rediscovered centuries later in 1812, by a Swiss explorer named Johann Burckhardt…

    Deity Petra
    A baetyl physically marked a deity’s presence. It could be a square [Above, left] or rounded like a dome [Above, right]. Some baetyls’ were depicted with a lunar crescent on the top. The Nabataeans also appear to be snake worshippers. One of the most prominent structures in Petra is the snake monument, which shows a gigantic coiled-up snake on a block of stone. [Below]
    Within the temple of Al Deir, the largest and most imposing rock-cut temple in Petra, is present an unworked, black, block of stone, like an obelisk, representing the most important deity of the Nabataeans — Dushara.

    The term Dushara means ‘Lord of the Shara’, which refers to the Shara mountains to the north of Petra. The symbolic animal of Dushara was a bull. All over Petra, Dushara was represented symbolically by stone blocks.

    At the entrance of Petra there are three massive standing blocks of stone, known as Djin blocks, which were sacred to the inhabitants. There are nearly 40 such Djin blocks present throughout Petra. In addition, at religious sites throughout the city, the Nabataeans carved a standing stone block called a baetyl, literally meaning ‘house of god’…

    Remains Petra
    Petra remains

    This unusual array of symbolic elements associated with the chief god of the Nabataeans, Dushara, may have confounded historians, but to anyone familiar with the symbolism of the Vedic deity Shiva, the similarities between Dushara and Shiva will be palpable.

    Shiva is still worshipped all over India in the form of a black block of stone known as a Shiva Linga. A Shiva Linga, which is essentially a ‘mark’ or ‘symbol’ of Shiva, sometimes appears as an unworked block of stone, much like the idol of Dushara in the temple of Al Deir; but typically it is represented by a smooth, rounded stone which resembles some of the rounded, dome-shaped, baetyls that we find in Petra.

    Temple Petra
    [Above, left: Idol of Al-Uzza, found in the Temple of the Winged Lions Middle: One of the two reliefs of lion of the Lion Triclinium in Petra, Jordan Right: Durga on a Lion, slaying Mahisarura who has taken the form of a bull. Aihole temple complex, Karnataka, dating from the 6th century CE.]
    Shiva is also associated with the mountains; his residence is supposed to be in the Kailash Mountain in the Himalayas, to the north of India, where he spends most of his time engaged in rigorous asceticism. His symbolic animal is a bull, named Nandi, which is commonly depicted kneeling in front of the Shiva Linga. Pictorial depictions of Shiva always show a crescent-shaped moon in his matted locks, much like the lunar crescent that appears on top of certain baetyls in Petra; and on top of the Shiva Linga is present a coiled-up serpent, bearing a strong resemblance to the serpent monument of Petra. It is evident that Shiva and Dushara are symbolically identical, leaving little scope for doubt that Dushara must indeed be a representation of the Vedic deity Shiva.

    At Petra, an elaborate processional way leads from the center of the city to the temple of Al Deir. In front of the temple there is a massive, flat, courtyard, capable of accommodating thousands of people. This has led historians to suggest that the Al Deir temple may have been the site of large-scale ceremonies. It is possible that this was a celebration of Dussehra, since Al-Uzza was the ‘goddess of the people’ and Dussehra is the celebration of the victory of the goddess over the forces of evil.

    It is not unlikely that the presiding god of the Nabataeans, Dushara, may have obtained his name from the festival Dussehra. The cult of Shiva-Shakti represented the sacred masculine and feminine principles, and the worship of Shiva has always been inextricably linked with the celebrations of the divine feminine. Even now in rural Bengal in India, the final day of celebration of Dussehra (Basanti Puja) is followed by an exuberant worship of Shiva. For these people, it remains the most important festival of their annual religious calendar.

    It is unclear to historians whether all the representations of the female goddess found in Petra refer to Al-Uzza or to the Nabataean goddess triad of Al-Uzza, Al-lat and Manat. Although it is has been supposed that the consort of Dushara may be Al-Uzza, the depictions of Al-Uzza in other places of Arabia do not support such an association.

    Al-Uzza (the ‘Strong One’) was the goddess of the morning and evening star. Isaac of Antioch referred to her as Kaukabta, ‘the Star’. She was sometimes depicted riding a ‘dolphin’ and showing the way to sea-farers. She is, thus, the counterpart of the Indo-European goddess of dawn, Ostara, and the Vedic ‘Usas’.

    In the Rig Veda, there are around 20 hymns dedicated to the Usas, the goddess of dawn, who appears in the east every morning, resplendent in her golden light, riding a chariot drawn by glorious horses, dispelling the darkness, awakening men to action, and bestowing her bounty and riches on all and sundry.

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  • Temples Converted Into Mosques A Pointer

    It is well known that the Temples of India were destroyed, razed to the ground by the Moguls.

    The wealth of the temples were looted.

    The Stones, pillars were used construct Mosques, mostly at the same site.

    In Benares, the  Holy City of Hindus, the Shiv Linga was destroyed  and a Mosque erected.

    The Linga can be seen in the well near the Temple entrance;the wall of  a mosque abuts this.

    Look at some of these.

    This post is to make the people aware of some historical facts, addressed to younger generation.

    This  list is not exhaustive.

    One can search and find more.

    The reason for posting is that at the rate the propaganda works overtime, one might even believe that it was The Muslims who were ruling in India and Hindus were interlopers like the Aryans!

    old hindu temple stones used in Qutub minar
    Quwwat al- islam Mosque, Delhi

    List of temples converted into Mosques in India.

    Karnataka.

    A Preliminary Survey of some of the Hindu temples that were converted to mosques and muslim monuments in Karnataka is given here. Many such muslim construction have used the materials of the Hindu temple after it was destroyed by the muslims. This shows the true nature of the religion Islam.
    Some of the districts have been renamed or newly created. Some places which was under one district is now in another district. Those who read this can point out errors if any.
    I. Bangalore District.
    1. Dodda-Ballapur, Dargh of Muhiu’d-Dn Chisht of Ajodhan (d. 1700). Temple materials used.
    2. Hoskot
    (i) Dargh of Saball Shib. Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Qsim Shib. Converted temple.

    II. Belgaum District.
    1. Belgaum
    (i) Masjid-i-Safa in the Fort (1519). Temple site.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid (1585-86). Temple site.
    (iii) Mazr of Badru’d-Dn Shh in the Fort (1351-52). Temple site.
    2. Gokak, Masjid. Temple site.
    3. Hukeri
    (i) Mn Sahib-k-Dargh (1567-68). Temple site.
    (ii) Kl Masjid (1584). Temple materials used.
    4. Kudachi
    (i) Dargh of Makhdm Shh Wal. Temple site.
    (ii) Mazr of Shykh Muhammad Sirju’d-Dn Prdd. Temple site.
    5. Madbhavi, Masjid. Å iva Temple materials used.
    6. Raibag, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site,
    7. Sampgaon, Masjid. Temple site.

    III. Bellary District.
    1. Bellary, Masjid built by Tp Sultn (1789-90). Temple site.
    2. Hampi, Masjid and Idgh in the ruins of Vijayanagar. Temple materials used.
    3. Hospet, Masjid in Bazar Street built by Tp Sultn (1795-96). Temple site.
    4. Huvinhadgalli, Fort. Temple materials used.
    5. Kanchagarabelgallu, Dargh of Husain Shh. Temple site.
    6. Kudtani, Dargh. Durgevara Temple materials used.
    7. Sandur, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    8. Siruguppa, Ld Khn Masjid (1674). Temple site.
    9. Sultanpuram, Masjid on the rock. Temple site.

    IV. Bidar District.
    1. Bidar, Ancient Hindu city transformed into a Muslim capital. The following monuments stand on temple sites and/or temple materials have been used in their construction:
    (i) Sol Khamb Masjid (1326-27).
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid of the Bahmans.
    (iii) Mukhtr Khn-k-Masjid (1671).
    (iv) Kl Masjid (1694).
    (v) Masjid west of Kl Masjid (1697-98).
    (vi) Farrah-Bgh Masjid, 3 km outside the city (1671).
    (vii) Dargh of Hazrat Khallu’llh at Ashtr (1440).
    (viii) Dargh of Shh Shamsu’d-Dn Muhammad Qdir known as Multn Pdshh.
    (ix) Dargh of Shh Waliu’llh-al-Husain.
    (x) Dargh of Shh Zainu’l-Dn Ganj Nishn.
    (xi) Dargh and Masjid of Mahbb Subhn.
    (xii) Mazr of Ahmad Shh Wal at Ashtr (1436).
    (xiii) Mazr of Shh Abdul Azz (1484).
    (xiv) Takht Mahal.
    (xv) Gagan Mahal.
    (xvi) Madrasa of Mahmd Gawn.
    2. Chandpur, Masjid (1673-74). Temple site.
    3. Chillergi, Jmi’ Masjid (1381). Temple site.
    4. Kalyani, Capital of the Later Chlukyas. All their temples were either demolished or converted into mosques.
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1323). Temple site.
    (ii) Masjid (1406). Temple site.
    (iii) Masjid in Mahalla Shahpur (1586-87). Temple site.
    (iv) Dargh of Maulna Yqb. Temple site.
    (v) Dargh of Sayyid Pr Psh. Temple site.
    (vi) Fort Walls and Towers. Temple materials used.
    (vii) Nawb’s Bungalow. Temple materials used.
    5. Kohir
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) Darghs of two Muslim saints. Temple sites.
    6. Shahpur, Masjid (1586-87). Temple site.
    7. Udbal, Jmi’ Masjid (1661-62). Temple site.

    V. Bijapur District.
    1. Afzalpur, Mahal Masjid. Trikta Temple materials used.
    2. Badami, Second Gateway of the Hill Fort. Vishnu Temple materials
    used.
    3. Bekkunal, Dargh outside the village. Temple materials used.
    4. Bijapur, Ancient Hindu city transformed into a Muslim capital. The
    following monuments are built on temple sites and/or temple materials
    have been used in their construction:
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1498-99).
    (ii) Karmu’d-Dn-k-Masjid in the rk (1320-21).
    (iii) ChhoT Masjid on way to Mangoli Gate.
    (iv) Khwja Sambal-k-Masjid (1522-13).
    (v) Makka Masjid.
    (vi) AnD Masjid.
    (vii) Zangr Masjid.
    (viii) Bukhr Masjid (1536-37).
    (ix) Dakhn Idgah (1538-39).
    (x) Masjid and Rauza of Ibrhm II Adil Shh (1626).
    (xi) Gol Gumbaz or the Rauza of Muhammad Adil Shh.
    (xii) JoD-Gumbad.
    (xiii) Nau-Gumbad.
    (xiv) Dargh of Shh Ms Qdiri.
    (xv) Gagan Mahal.
    (xvi) Mihtar Mahal.
    (xvii) Asar Mahal.
    (xvii) Anand Mahal and Masjid (1495).
    (xviii) St Manzil.
    (xix) rk or citadel.
    (xx) Mazr of Pr Ma’bar Khandyat.
    (xxi) Mazr of Pr Jumn.
    (xxii) Dargh of Shh Mrnji Shamsu’l-Haq Chisht on Shahpur Hill.
    5. Hadginhali, Dargh. Temple materials used.
    6. Horti, Masjid. Temple materials used.
    7. Inglesvara, Muhiu’d-Dn Shib-k-Masjid. Munip Samdhi materials used.
    8. Jirankalgi, Masjid. Temple materials used.
    9. Kalleeri, Masjid near the village Chawdi. Keavadeva Temple materials used.
    10. Mamdapur
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) Mazr of Kaml Shib. Temple site.
    (iii) Mazr of Sadle Shib of Makka. Temple site.
    11. Naltvad, Masjid (1315). Temple materials used.
    12. Pirapur, Dargh. Temple site.
    13. Salvadigi, Masjid. Temple materials used.
    14. Sarur, Masjid. Temple materials used.
    15. Segaon, Dargh. Temple site.
    16. Takli, Masjid. Temple materials used.
    17. Talikota
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Jain Temple materials used.
    (ii) PNch Pr-k-Masjid and Ganji-i-Shahdn. Temple site.
    18. Utagi, Masjid (1323). Temple site.

    VI. Chickmanglur District.
    Baba Budan, Mazr of Dd Hayt Mr Qalandar. Datttreya Temple site.

    VII. Chitaldurg District.
    Harihar, Masjid on top of Harhareshvara Temple.

    VIII. Dharwad District.
    1. Alnavar, Jmi’ Masjid. Jain Temple materials used.
    2. Bankapur
    (i) Masjid (1538-39). Temple site.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid (1602-03). Temple site.
    (iii) Graveyard with a Masjid. Temple site.
    (iv) Dongar-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    (v) Dargh of Shh Alu’d-Dn-Qdir. Temple site.
    (vi) Fort (1590-91). Temple materials used,
    3. Balur, Masjid. Temple materials used.
    4. Dambal, Mazr of Shh Abdu’llh Wal. Temple materials used.
    5. Dandapur, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple materials used.
    6. Dharwad, Masjid on Mailarling Hill. Converted Jain Temple.
    7. Hangal
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) Masjid in the Fort. Temple site.
    8. Hubli, 17 Masjids built by Aurangzeb in 1675 and after Temple sites.
    9. Hulgur
    (i) Dargh of Sayyid Shh Qdir. Temple site.
    (ii) Masjid near the above Dargh. Temple site.
    10. Lakshmeshwar, Kl Masjid. Temple site.
    11. Misrikot, Jmi’ Masjid (1585-86). Temple site.
    12. Mogha, Jmi’ Masjid. dityadeva Temple materials used.
    13. Ranebennur, Qal, Masjid (1742). Temple site.
    14. Savanur
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid reconstructed in 1847-48. Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Khairu’llh Shh Bdshh. Temple site.
    (iii) Dargh and Masjid of Shh Kaml. Temple site.

    IX. Gulbarga District.
    1. Chincholi, Dargh. Temple site.
    2. Dornhalli, Masjid. Temple site.
    3. Firozabad
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1406). Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Shh Khalfatu’r-Rahmn Qdir (d. 1421). Temple site.
    4. Gobur, Dargh. Ratnarya Jinlaya Temple materials used.
    5. Gogi
    (i) Araba’a Masjid (1338). Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Pr Chand, Husain (1454). Temple site.
    (iii) Chill of Shh Habbu’llh (1535-36). Temple site.
    6. Gulbarga, Ancient Hindu city converted into a Muslim capital and the following among other monuments built on temple sites and/or with temple materials:
    (i) Kaln Masjid in Mahalla Mominpura (1373).
    (ii) Masjid in Shah Bazar (1379).
    (iii) Jmi’ Masjid in the Fort (1367).
    (iv) Masjid-i-Langar in the Mazr of Hj Zaida.
    (v) Masjid near the Farman Talab (1353-54).
    (vi) Dargh of Sayyid Muhammad Husain Band, Nawz Ges Darz Chisht,disciple of Shykh Nasru’d-Dn Mahmd ChrAgh-i-Dihl.
    (vii) Mazr of Shykh Muhammad Sirju’d-Dn Junaid.
    (viii) Mazr of Hj Zaida of Maragh (1434)
    (ix) Mazr of Sayyid Husainu’d-Dn Tigh-i-Barhna (naked sword).
    (x) Fort Walls and Gates.
    7. Gulsharam, Dargh and Masjid of Shh Jall Husain (1553). Temple site.
    8. Malkhed, Dargh of Sayyid Ja’far Husain in the Fort. Temple site.
    9. Sagar
    (i) Dargh of Sf Sarmast Chisht, disciple of Nzmu’d-Dn Awlya of Delhi. Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Munawwar Bdshh. Temple site.
    (iii) shur Khna Masjid (1390-91). Temple site.
    (iv) Fort (1411-12). Temple materials used.
    10. Seram, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple materials used.
    11. Shah Bazar, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    12. Shahpur
    (i) Dargh of Ms Qdir (1667-68). Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Muhammad Qdir (1627). Temple site.
    (iii) Dargh of IbrAhIm Qdir. Temple site.
    13. Yadgir
    (i) Afthn Masjid (1573). Temple site.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.

    X. Kolar District.
    1. Mulbagal, Dargh of Hyder Wal. Temple site.
    2. Nandi, Masjid east of the village. Temple site.

    XI. Mandya District.
    1. Pandavapur, Masjid-i-Ala. Temple site.
    2. Srirangapatnam, Jmi’ Masjid built by Tp Sultn (1787). Stands on the site of the janeya Temple.

    XII. Mysore District.
    Tonnur, Mazr said to be that of Sayyid Slr Mas’d (1358). Temple materials used.

    XIII. North Kanara District.
    1. Bhatkal, Jmi’ Masjid (1447-48). Temple site.
    2. Haliyal, Masjid in the Fort. Temple materials used.

    XIV. Raichur District.
    1. Jaladurga, Dargh of Muhammad Sarwar. Temple site.
    2. Kallur, Two Masjids. Temple sites.
    3. Koppal
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) AraboMasjid. Temple site.
    (iii) Dargh of Sailn Psh. Temple site.

    Andhra Pradesh.

    Some of the districts have been renamed or newly created. Some places which was under one district is now in another district. Those who read this can point out errors if any.

    I. Adilabad District.

    Mahur, Masjid in the Fort on the hill. Temple site.

    II. Anantpur District.
    1. Gooty, Gateway to the Hill Fort. Temple materials used.
    2. Kadiri, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    3. Konakondla, Masjid in the bazar. Temple materials used.
    4. Penukonda
    (i) Fort. Temple materials used.
    (ii) Masjid in the Fort. Converted Temple.
    (iii) Sher Khn’s Masjid (1546).38 Converted Temple.
    (iv) Dargh of Babayya. Converted ÃŽvara Temple.
    (v) Jmi’ Masjid (1664-65). Temple site.
    (xi) Dargh of Shh Fakbru’d-Dn (1293-94). Temple site.
    5. Tadpatri
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1695-96). Temple site.
    (ii) Idgh completed in 1725-26. Temple site.
    6. Thummala, Masjid (1674-75). Temple site.

    III. Cuddapah District
    1. Cuddapah
    (i) Bhp Shib-k-Masjid (1692). Temple site.
    (ii) Idgh (1717-18). Temple site.
    (iii) Bahdur Khn-k-Masjid (1722-23). Temple site.
    (iv) Dargh of Shh Amnu’d-Dn Ges Darz (1736-37). Temple site.
    2. Duvvuru, Masjid. Temple site.
    3. Gandikot, Jmi’ Masjid (1690-91). Temple site.
    4. Gangapuru, Masjid. Temple site.
    5. Gundlakunta, Dastgr Dargh. Temple site.
    6. Gurrumkonda, Fort and several other Muslim buildings. Temple materials used.
    7. Jammalmaduguu, Jmi’ Masjid (1794-95). Temple site.
    8. Jangalapalle, Dargh of Dastgr Swm. Converted Jangam temple.
    9. Siddhavatam
    (i) Qutb Shh Masjid (restored in 1808). Temple materials use.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid (1701). Temple materials used.
    (iii) Dargh of Bismillh Khn Qdir. Temple materials used.
    (iv) Fort and Gateways. Temple materials used.
    (v) Chowk-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    10. Vutukuru
    (i) Masjid at Naligoto. Temple site.
    (ii) Masjid at Puttumiyyapeta. Temple site.

    IV. East Godavari District.
    Bikkavolu, Masjid. Temple materials used.

    V. Guntur District.
    1. Nizampatnam, Dargh of Shh Haidr (1609). Temple site
    2. Vinukonda, Jmi’ Masjid (1640-41). Temple site.

    VI. Hyderabad District.
    1. Chikalgoda, Masjid (1610). Temple site.
    2. Dargah, Dargh of Shh Wal (1601-02). Temple site.
    3. Golconda
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid on Bl Hissr. Temple site.
    (ii) Trmat Masjid. Temple site.
    4. Hyderabad
    (i) Dargh of Shh Ms Qdir. Temple site.
    (ii) Masjid on the Pirulkonda Hill (1690). Temple site.
    (iii) Tol Masjid (1671). Temple materials used.
    (iv) Dargh of Min Mishk (d. 1680). Temple site.
    (v) Dargh of Mu’min Chup in Aliybd (1322-23). Temple site.
    (vi) Hj Kaml-k-Masjid (1657). Temple site.
    (vii) Begum Masjid (1593). Temple site.
    (viii) Dargh of Islm Khn Naqshband. Temple site.
    (ix) Dargh of Shh D’d (1369-70). Temple site.
    (x) Jmi’ Masjid (1597). Temple site.
    4. Maisaram, Masjid built by Aurangzeb from materials of 200 temples demolished after the fall of Golconda.
    5. Secunderabad, Qadam RasUl. Temple site.
    6. Sheikhpet
    (i) Shaikh-k-Masjid (1633-34). Temple site.
    (ii) SariwAl Masjid (1678-79). Temple tite.

    VII. Karimnagar District.
    1. Dharampuri, Masjid (1693). TrikTa Temple site.
    2. Elangdal
    (i) Mansr Khn-k-Masjid (1525). Temple site.
    (ii) Alamgr Masjid (1696). Temple site.
    3. Kalesyaram, lamgr Masjid. Temple site.
    4. Sonipet, lamgr Masjid. Temple site.
    5. Vemalvada, Mazr of a Muslim saint. Temple site.

    VIII. Krishna District.
    1. Gudimetta, Masjid in the Fort, Temple materials used.
    2. Guduru, Jmi’ Masjid (1497). Temple materials used.
    3. Gundur, Jmi’ Masjid. Converted temple.
    4. Kondapalli
    (i) Masjid built in 1482 on the site of a temple after Muhammad Shh BahmanI had slaughtered the Brahmin priests on the advice of Mahmd Gawn, the great Bahman Prime Minister, who exhorted the sultan to become a Ghz by means of this pious performance.
    (ii) Mazr of Shh Abdul Razzq. Temple site.
    5. Kondavidu
    (i) Masjid (1337). Temple materials used.
    (ii) Dargh of Barandaula. Temple materials used.
    (iii) Qadam Sharf of dam. Converted temple.
    6. Machhlipatnam
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) Idgh. Temple site.
    7. Nandigram, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    8. Pedana, Iama’il-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    9. Rajkonda, Masjid (1484). Temple site.
    10. Tengda, Masjid. Temple site.
    11. Turkpalem, Dargh of Ghlib Shahd. Temple site.
    12. Vadpaili, Masjid near NarsiMhaswmn Temple. Temple materials used.
    13. Vijaywada, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.

    IX. Kurnool District.
    1. Adoni
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1668-69). Materials of several temples used.
    (ii) Masjid on the Hill. Temple materials used.
    (iii) Fort (1676-77). Temple materials used.
    2. Cumbum
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1649). Temple site.
    (ii) Gachinl Masjid (1729-30). Temple site.
    3. Havli, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple materials used.
    4. Karimuddula, Dargh. Akkadevi Temple materials used.
    5. Kottakot, Jmi’ Masjid (1501). Temple site.
    6. Kurnool
    (i) Pr Shib-k-Gumbad (1637-38). Temple site.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid (1667). Temple site.
    (iii) Ll Masjid (1738-39). Temple site.
    7. Pasupala, Kaln Masjid. Temple site.
    8. Sanjanmala, Masjid. Temple sites.
    9. Siddheswaram, Ashurkhna. Temple materials used.
    10. Yadavalli, Mazr and Masjid. Temple sites.
    11. Zuhrapur, Dargh of Qdir Shh Bukhr. Temple site.

    X. Mahbubnagar District.
    1. Alampur, Qal-k-Masjid. Temple materials used.
    2. Jatprole, Dargh of Sayyid Shh Darwish. Temple materials used.
    3. Kodangal
    (i) Dargh of Hazrat Nizmu’d-DIn. Temple site.
    (ii) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.
    4. Kundurg, Jmi’ Masjid (1470-71). Temple site.
    5. Pargi, Jmi’ Masjid (1460). Temple site.
    6. Somasila, Dargh of Kamlu’d-Dn Baba (1642-43) Temple site.

    XI. Medak District.
    1. Andol, Old Masjid. Temple site.
    2. Komatur, Old Masjid. Temple site.
    3. Medak
    (i) Masjid near Mubrak Mahal (1641). Vishnu Temple site.
    (ii) Fort, Temple materials used.
    4. Palat, Masjid. Temple site.
    5. Patancheru
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid. Temple materials used.
    (ii) Dargh of Shykh Ibrhm known as Makhdmji (1583). Temple site.
    (iii) Ashrufkhna. Temple site.
    (iv) Fort (1698). Temple materials used.

    XII. Nalgonda District.
    1. Devarkonda
    (i) Qutb Shh Masjid. Temple materials used.
    (ii) Dargh of Sharfu’d-Din (1579). Temple site.
    (iii) Dargh of Qdir Shh Wal (1591). Temple site.
    2. Ghazinagar, Masjid (1576-77). Temple site.
    3. Nalgonda
    (i) Garh Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) Dargh of Shh Latf. Temple site.
    (iii) Qutb Shh Masjid (Renovated in 1897). Temple site.
    4. Pangal, lamgr Masjid. Temple site.

    XIII. Nellore District.
    1. Kandukuru, Four Masjids. Temple sites.
    2. Nellore, Dargh named Dargmitt. Akkaslvara Temple materials used.
    3. Podile, Dargh. Temple site.
    4. Udayagiri
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1642-43). Temple materials used.
    (ii) Chhot Masjid (1650-51). Temple materials used.
    (iii) Fort. Temple materials used.

    XIV. Nizambad District.
    1. Balkonda
    (i) Patthar-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    (ii) Idgh. Temple site.
    2. Bodhan
    (i) Deval Masjid. Converted Jain temple.
    (ii) Patthar-k-Masjid. Temple site.
    (iii) lamgr Masjid (1654-55). Temple site.
    3. Dudki, Ashrufkhna. Temple materials used.
    4. Fathullapur, Mu’askar Masjid (1605-06). Temple site.

    XV. Osmanabad District.
    Ausa, Jmi’ Masjid (1680-81). Temple site.

    XVI. Rangareddy District.
    Maheshwar, Masjid (1687). Madanna Pandit’s Temple site.

    XVII. Srikakulam District
    1. Icchapuram, Several Masjids. Temple sites.
    2. Kalingapatnam, DargAh of Sayyid Muhammad Madn Awliy (1619-20). Temple materials used.
    3. Srikakulam
    (i) Jmi’ Masjid (1641- 42). Temple site.

    (ii) Dargh of Bande Shh Wal (1641- 42). Temple site.

    (iii) Atharwl Masjid (1671-72). Temple site.
    (iv) Dargh of Burhnu’d-Dn Awliy. Temple site.

    XVIII. Vishakhapatnam District.
    1. Jayanagaram, Dargh. Temple site.
    2. Vishakhapatnam, Dargh of Shh Madn. Temple site.

    XIX. Warangal District.

    Zafargarh, Jmi’ Masjid. Temple site.

    XX. West Godavari District.
    1. Eluru
    (i) Fort. Temple materials used.
    (ii) Sawi Masjid. Converted temple.
    (iii) Qzi’s House. Somevara Temple materials used.
    2. Nidavolu, Masjid. Mahdeva Temple materials used.
    3. Rajamundri, Jmi’ Masjid (1324). Converted VeNugoplaswmin Temple.

    Temples destroyed by Aurangzeb.

    Some of the literary evidence of temple destruction during Aurangzeb’s rule is listed below.
    1. “Mir’at-i-Alam” by Bakhtawar Khan
    The author was a nobleman of Aurangzeb’s court. He died in AD 1684. the history ascribed to him was really compiled by Muhammad Baqa of Saharanpur who gave the name of his friend as its author. Baqa was a prolific writer who was invited by Bakhtawar Khan to Aurangzeb’s court and given a respectable rank. He died in AD 1683.
    Excerpts:
    Muhiyu’d-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir Padshah Ghazi (1658-1707) General Order
    ” …Hindu writers have been entirely excluded from holding public offices, and ALL THE WORSHIPPING PLACES OF THE INFIDELS AND GREAT TEMPLES of these infamous people HAVE BEEN THROWN DOWN AND DESTROYED in a manner which excites astonishment at the successful completion of so difficult a task. His Majesty personally teaches the sacred kalima to many infidels with success. … All mosques in the empire are repaired at public expense…”
    2. “Alamgir-Nama” by Mirza Muhammad Kazim
    This work, written in AD 1688 contains a history of the first ten years of Aurangzeb’s reign.
    Excerpts:
    Muhiyu’d-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir Padshah Ghazi (1658-1707) Palamau (Bihar)
    ” …In 1661 Aurangzeb in his zeal to uphold the law of Islam sent orders to his viceroy in Bihar, Daud Khan, to conquer Palamau. In the military operations that followed MANY TEMPLES WERE DESTROYED…”
    Koch Bihar (Bengal)
    ” …Towards the end of the same year when Mir Jumla made a war on the Raja of Kuch Bihar, the MUGHALS DESTROYED MANY TEMPLES during the course of their operations. IDOLS WERE BROKEN AND SOME TEMPLES WERE CONVERTED INTO MOSQUES. …”
    3. “Mas’ir-i-‘Alamgiri” by Saqi Must’ad Khan
    The author completed this history in 1710 at the behest of Inayatu”llah Khan Kashmiri, Aurangzeb’s last secretary and favorite disciple in state policy and religiosity. The materials which Must’ad Khan used in this history of Aurangzeb’s reign came mostly from the State archives.
    Excerpts:
    Muhiyu’d-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir Padshah Ghazi (1658-1707) General Order
    “…The Lord Cherisher of the faith learnt that in the provinces of Tatta, Multan, and especially at Benaras, the Brahmin misbelievers used to teach their false books in their established schools, and that admirers and students both Hindu and Muslim, used to come from great distances to these misguided men in order to acquire this vile learning. His majesty, eager to establish Islam, issues orders to the governors of all the provinces TO DEMOLISH THE SCHOOLS AND TEMPLES OF THE INFIDELS and with utmost urgency put down the teaching and the public practice of the religion of these misbelievers…”
    Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
    ” …It was reported that, according to the Emperor’s command, his officers HAD DEMOLISHED THE TEMPLE OF VISHWANATH AT KASHI. …” Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)
    ” … During this month of Ramzan abounding in miracles, the Emperor as the promoter of justice and overthrower of mischief, as the knower of truth and destroyer of oppression, as the zephyr of the garden of victory and the reviver of the faith of the Prophet, ISSUED ORDERS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE TEMPLE SITUATED IN MATHURA FAMOUS AS THE DEHRA OF KESHO RAI. In the short time by the great exertions of his officers the DESTRUCTION OF THIS STRONG FOUNDATION OF INFIDELITY WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND ON ITS SITE A LOFTY MOSQUE WAS BUILT at the expenditure of a large sum…”
    ” …Praised be the August God of the faith of Islam, that in the auspicious reign of this DESTROYER OF INFIDELITY AND TURBULENCE, such a wonderful and seemingly impossible work was successfully accomplished. On seeing this instance of strength of the Emperor’s faith and the grandeur of his devotion to God, the proud Rajas were stifled and in amazement they stood like images facing the wall. THE IDOLS, LARGE AND SMALL SET WITH COSTLY JEWELS WHIC HAD BEEN SET UP IN THE TEMPLE WERE BROUGHT TO AGRA AND BURIED UNDER THE STEPS OF THE MOSQUE OF BEGUM SAHIB, IN ORDER TO BE CONTINUALLY TRODDEN UPON. The name of Mathura was changed to Islamabad. …”
    Khandela (Rajasthan)
    ” … Darab Khan who had been sent with a strong force to punish the Rajputs of Khandela and TO DEMOLISH THE GREAT TEMPLE OF THE PLACE, attacked on March 8th/Safar 5th, and slew the three hundred and odd men who made a bold defence, not one of them escaping alive. THE TEMPLES OF KHANDELA AND SANULA AND ALL OTHER TEMPLES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WERE DEMOLISHED …”
    Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
    ” … On 24th Rabi S. (Sunday, May 25th), Khan Jahan Bahadur came from Jodhpur, AFTER DEMOLISHING THE TEMPLES and bringing with himself some cart-loads of idols, and had audience of the Emperor, who higly praised him and ordered that the idols, which were mostly jewelled, golden, silver, bronze, copper, or stone, should be cast in the yard (jilaukhanah) of the Court AND UNDER THE STEPS OF THE JAMA MOSQUE, TO BE TRODDEN UPON…”
    Udaipur (Rajasthan)
    ” … Ruhullah Khan and Ekkataz Khan WENT TO DEMOLISH THE GREAT TEMPLE in front of the Rana’s palace, which was one of the rarest buildings of the age and the chief cause of the destruction of the life and property of the despised worshippers. Twenty ‘machator’ Rajputs who were sitting in the Temple vowed to give up their lives; first one of them came out to fight, killed some and was them himself slain, then came out another and so on, until every one of the twenty perished, after killing a large number of the imperialists including the trusted slave Ikhlas. The Temple was found empty. THE HEWERS BROKE THE IMAGES. …”
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    Source.

    http://hindutemples-whthappendtothem.blogspot.in/2007/03/hindu-temples-converted-to-mosque-in.html

    http://sbdsisaikat.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/the-list-of-hindu-temples-converted-to-mosque-in-andhra-pradesh/