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Adhai Din Ka Jhopra Controversy: After Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan, a controversy has arisen regarding another mosque. The historic ‘Dhai Din Ka Jhopra’ mosque located in Ajmer, which is considered one of the oldest mosques of the state and the country, has been called for survey. Recently, the door of Ajmer Court was knocked demanding a survey of Ajmer Sharif Dargah.
Ajmer Deputy Mayor Neeraj Jain claimed in a statement that, ‘Evidence of a Sanskrit college and a temple has been found in Jhopra. It was destroyed by the invaders in the same way they destroyed Nalanda and Takshashila (historic places of learning). Our culture, our civilization, our education were attacked and this (hut) was also one of them.
Located at a 5-minute drive from Ajmer Dargah, ‘Dhai Din Ka Jhopra’ is a monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). ‘ASI has more than 250 statues and swastikas, bells as well as Sanskrit shlokas at this place, which are originally more than 1,000 years old and are mentioned in historical books. We have earlier also demanded that the current religious activities should be stopped and ASIA should take a decision to bring back the old glory of the college.
According to reports, it probably got its name because a two and a half day fair was held here. Bilas Sarda, in his 1911 book Ajmer: Historical and Narrative, writes that the name was given in the late eighteenth century when fakirs began gathering there to celebrate the two-and-a-half-day anniversary of the death of their religious leader Punjab. Shah, who was going to Ajmer from Punjab.
According to Sarada, Seth Veeramdev Kala in 660 AD. A Jain temple was constructed on the occasion of the Jain festival Panch Kalyan Mohotsav. There was no place for the Jain priest class to live in Ajmer, hence this temple was built. However, the structures at the site were reportedly destroyed by the Afghans of Ghor under Muhammad Ghori in 1192 and the structure was converted into a mosque.
According to ASI, ‘It was built by Qutubuddin Abak around 1200 AD. , which used carved pillars. The pillared (prayer) chamber is divided into nine octagonal compartments and has two small minarets on top of the central mihrab. The three central arches carved with Kufic and Tugra inscriptions make it a magnificent architectural masterpiece.’
In May, Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani who is the MLA from Ajmer North. He demanded an ASI survey of the site after meeting Dawa and some Jain monks. During this time a member of Vishwa Hindu Parishad was with him. Who said that there was a Sanskrit school and a temple at that place.