Place Ganesha idols respectfully in Qutub complex, National Monuments Authority tells ASI
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“The idols are currently placed at the most disrespectful place. They should either be removed or placed respectfully inside the Qutub complex,” the National Monuments Authority's chairman said.
Ganesha idols placed “disrespectfully” inside the Qutub Minar complex should either be removed or installed “respectfully”, BJP leader and the chairman of the National Monuments Authority (NMA) Tarun Vijay said on Thursday.
The former MP said he had raised the issue with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) over a year ago, but is yet to receive a response to his letter.
“The idols are currently placed at the most disrespectful place, upside-down at the feet level of the visitors. The idols should either be removed or placed respectfully inside the Qutub complex,” Vijay told news agency PTI.
In a tweet, Vijay also sought to know what happened to the 27 temples that were believed to be located inside the complex.
"...why Ganesha moorti was put upside-down to humiliate Hindus. There are Tirthankars, Yamuna, Dashavatar, Krishna's birth and Navagraha moortis never shown to visitors," he wrote.
The BJP leader also said that correcting such wrongs is the way to “fight against colonialism”.
Two idols of Ganesha - "Ulta Ganesh" and "Ganesha in a cage" - are located in the compound of the 12th-century monument, which was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993.
