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00:00After Sambal Baghpat, Badaiyon Ferozabad and Bareilly, there is now a debate over the existence of a temple under the historic Jama Masjid of Aligarh.
00:11Around 45-year-old RTI activist Pandit Keshavdev Gautam says that this 300-year-old historical mosque used to be a temple.
00:21On Monday, he filed a petition in the Civil Judge Court. The case will be heard on 15 February.
00:28Let's first know the history of the Jama Masjid of Aligarh.
00:58This is the first religious site of Aligarh. It has around 6 quintals of gold.
01:045000 people can offer their prayers in this mosque.
01:07It is a very important historical site.
01:10There are 72-73 martyrs under the leadership of Maulana Jaleel.
01:16They were buried in this mosque.
01:19Their graves are here.
01:21The mosque has been made separately.
01:25There are 16 domes and 3 doors in this mosque.
01:30There are 2 domes on each door of the mosque.
01:33Around 5000 people can offer their prayers here.
01:38This is the heart of the city of Aligarh.
01:41This is the tallest building of Aligarh.
01:44You can see the Jama Masjid from any corner of Aligarh.
01:52This Taj Mahal was built by the same architect and engineer who built this mosque.
02:06It has around 6 quintals of gold.
02:08It is 23 carat gold.
02:10People ask why this gold was used.
02:14It was used for the safety of the people.
02:19It was used for the safety of the people.
02:30This is the heart of the people of Aligarh.
02:33We go to Khaan-e-Kaaba for worship.
02:36People who can't go to Khaan-e-Kaaba, worship here on Fridays.
02:41Under this historic Jama Masjid of the Mughal era,
02:44Pashar Musharraf said something about the lack of a temple.
02:50There are some naive and foolish people who keep creating such controversies.
02:54The people who have become free after 2014,
02:57they keep doing foolish things.
02:59They want to destroy the unity of India.
03:05No one will pay attention to such people.
03:09The Supreme Court will not pay attention to such people.
03:12These people keep doing such things to gain fame.
03:16So that their name will be famous in the news.
03:19There are controversies about the lack of a temple under this historic mosque.
03:28People who have been praying in this mosque for years say,
03:32It is a very good mosque.
03:35The grandson of the person who built the Taj Mahal came here and built it.
03:40He was the same person who built it.
03:43He is the one who built it.
03:45Everything is written here.
03:47There is nothing wrong with it.
03:49Since the BJP has come, they have been doing this.
03:53There is a mosque here, there is a mosque there, there is a mosque there.
03:56What is the way?
03:58How old are you?
04:00I am 90 years old.
04:01How long have you been praying in this mosque?
04:03I am 70 years old.
04:05This mosque is a sweet shop.
04:08It is yours.
04:10How long have you been looking at this mosque?
04:12I have been looking at it for 80 years.
04:14In 10 years, I have earned a lot.
04:16So I started praying in the mosque.
04:18What does the mosque look like?
04:20Mosque?
04:21It is our heart.
04:23The mosque is our heart.
04:25We can never say that.
04:27There is worship everywhere.
04:29Everyone is good.
04:31What do we want for this?
04:33They have built it for no reason.
04:35This controversy has come to light at a time when the number of such cases is increasing in other districts of UP.
04:43Now, only on 15th February, it will be known what the court orders in this matter.
04:49But after a long debate, it has come under the historic Jamma Masjid discussions of Aligarh.
04:56Special report by Suhail Ahmed from ETV Bharat Kinni Aligarh.