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Did Aurangzeb converted Hindus to Islam?
Aurangzeb is a controversial figure in modern India, often remembered as a “vile oppressor of Hindus”. During his rule Aurangzeb expanded the Mughal Empire, conquering much of southern India through long bloody campaigns against non-Muslims. He forcibly converted Hindus to Islam and destroyed Hindu temples.
Did Aurangzeb destroy Kailash temple?
That’s when Mughal King Aurangzeb, a Muslim, ordered the temple destroyed so he could erase all traces of it. Despite three years and 1,000 men, Kailasa Temple endured. The rock was simply too hard to demolish, even though artisans used only hammers, chisels and picks to construct it.
Did Aurangzeb persecuted non Muslims?
Why did Aurangzeb destroyed Ellora Caves?
There are gaping holes in the proposition that Aurangzeb razed temples because he hated Hindus. Many modern people view Aurangzeb’s orders to harm specific temples as symptomatic of a larger vendetta against Hindus.
What is the history of Gyanvapi Mosque?
History. The mosque was built by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1669 CE, after destroying a Hindu temple. The remnants of the Hindu temple can be seen on the walls of the Gyanvapi mosque. The demolished temple is believed by Hindus to be an earlier restoration of the original Kashi Vishwanath temple.
What is the significance of the Gyan Vapi?
Gyanvapi, the original holy well between the temple and the mosque The mosque is named after the well, the Gyan Vapi (the well of knowledge), which is located within the mosque precincts. The legends mentioned by the Hindu priests state that the lingam of the original temple was hidden in this well, when the temple was destroyed.
Who built Kasi Viswanath temple at Vishweshwar?
Maratha ruler Malhar Rao Holkar (1693-1766) wanted to demolish the mosque and reconstruct Vishweshwar temple at the site. However, he never actually did that. Later, in 1780, his daughter-in-law Ahilyabai Holkar constructed the present Kasi Viswanath Temple adjacent to the mosque.
What happened to the temple of Avimukteshwara?
On his reading of medieval sources, he deems the temple destroyed in 1194 to be likely devoted to Avimukteshwara and located in current-day Gyanvapi precincts; sometime around the late 13th century, the Hindus reclaimed the vacant Gyanvapi for a temple of Vishweshwar since the Razia mosque had occupied the “Hill of Vishweshwar”.