In letter to Yogi in blood Hindu outfit member seeks permission to offer Janmashtami prayers at Shahi Masjid

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

Lucknow,
Aug
17:
An
Akhil
Bharat
Hindu
Mahasabha
member
on
Tuesday
wrote
a
letter
purportedly
with
his
own
blood
to
Chief
Minister
Yogi
Adityanath,
seeking
permission
to
offer
Janmashtami
prayers
inside
the
Shahi
Masjid
Idgah
claiming
it
was
the
birthplace
of
Lord
Krishna.

ABHM
national
treasurer
Dinesh
Sharma
said
he
wants
to
offer
prayer
to
the
deity
with
local
Brijwasis
on
the
occasion
of
Sri
Krishna
Janmashtami
on
August
19.

This
comes
even
as
multiple
suits
related
to
the
Krishna
Janmabhoomi-Shahi
Idgah
dispute
are
in
court
with
Hindu
petitioners
claiming
the
mosque
is
built
on
a
plot
belonging
to
the
Katra
Keshav
Dev
Temple
and
should
be
removed.
The
Muslim
side
has
contested
this
plea,
according
to
a
report
by
news
agency
PTI.

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2022:
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these
Mantras
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prosperity
and
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of
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on
this
Day

“So
for,
Krishna
worship
is
being
performed
at
a
place
which
is
not
exactly
the
His
birthplace,”
Sharma
has
said
in
his
letter,
which
he
also
released
to
the
media.

The
place
where
Kanha
was
born
exists
under
the
Shahi
Masjid
Idgah,
he
claimed.
Calling
Adityanath
an
“incarnation
of
Hindu
God
Hanuman”,
Sharma
said
he
was
confident
the
chief
minister
would
give
him
the
permission
to
offer
worship
inside
the
mosque.

If
the
permission
is
denied,
Sharma
said,
he
should
be
allowed
to
die
as
it
is
“worthless
to
live
a
life
without
offering
obeisance
to
Lord
Krishna
exactly
at
his
birthplace”.

A
similar
application
submitted
earlier
in
a
court
was
rejected
on
August
3,
2022.

Sharma
had
on
May
18
submitted
an
application
in
the
court
of
Civil
Judge
(senior
division)
Jyoti
Singh
requesting
the
court
to
grant
permission
for
performing
Jalabhishek
of
Laddu
Gopal
(Baal
Krishna)
inside
the
Shahi
Masjid
Idgah.