Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 10: Members of a fringe right-wing group protested near Qutub Minar in Delhi on Tuesday, requesting that the centuries-old monument be renamed Vishnu Stambh.
According to ANI, the group conducting the demonstration near the UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Delhi’s Mehrauli region has been named as Mahakal Manav Sewa. A large police presence was present in the vicinity.
Delhi | Members of Hindu organisation Mahakal Manav Sewa protest near Qutub Minar, demand renaming of Qutub Minar as Vishnu Stambh pic.twitter.com/HuPsf6oakP
— ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2022
“Qutab Minar was actually ‘Vishnu Stambh’. Qutub Minar was built with materials obtained after demolishing 27 Hindu-Jain temples. The superimposed structure was built just to tease the Hindu community,” the VHP spokesman told ANI.
Some fringe individuals recited Hanuman Chalisa on the grounds of the historical site, according to some sources. A Delhi court ordered the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) not to remove two Lord Ganesha images from the Qutub Minar complex until further orders were given.
