Dec 21, 2024 05:12 PM IST
A survey of Sambhal’s ‘Kalki Vishnu’ temple premises was carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) group on Saturday, only a day after the company carried out a survey of a just lately found temple within the district.
The priest of the Kalki Vishnu temple, Mahendra Prasad Sharma mentioned it’s good that the survey group got here for a go to, PTI reported.
“There’s a ‘krish koop’ (nicely) right here. It’s not closed however there isn’t any water in it. This nicely is talked about within the ‘Skanda Purana’ together with all pilgrimage websites of Sambhal. This nicely is on the temple premises, contained in the previous boundary,” the information company quoted the priest as saying.
In line with Vandana Mishra, Sambhal Sub-Divisional Justice of the Peace, a group of ASI stayed on the web site for about quarter-hour and likewise visited the temple to find out the age of the traditional nicely positioned inside its premises.
“There’s a ‘krish koop’ right here which is alleged to be an historic nicely. Its age is but to be decided. The group stayed for about quarter-hour and likewise visited the temple,” she instructed PTI.
ASI just lately found 19 historic wells in Sambhal
On Friday, a four-member group of the ASI surveyed the just lately found Shri Kartik Mahadev temple, 5 pilgrimage websites and 19 ‘koops’ (wells).
The Kartik Mahadev temple (Bhasma Shankar temple) was reopened on December 13 after the authorities mentioned they stumbled upon the lined construction throughout an anti-encroachment drive.
The temple housed an idol of Lord Hanuman and a Shivling. It had remained locked since 1978. The temple additionally has a nicely close by which the authorities had deliberate to reopen.
Sambhal District Justice of the Peace Rajender Pensiya had earlier instructed reporters that the traditional temple and the nicely had been being excavated.
On December 12, the Supreme Courtroom issued a big directive, quickly prohibiting courts throughout the nation from accepting new lawsuits and making any decisive interim or last rulings in ongoing circumstances associated to the reclamation of spiritual websites, notably mosques and dargahs.
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