In manipulating history this thread surpasses even the finest of leftist historians! 🙏
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Kashi changed its form due to Islamic invasions like many other northern pilgrimage centers. However how can it be justification to change Kashi again?
It is kind of ironic that Romila Thapar gave exact same argument for the justification of Islamic iconoclasm at Somnath!
It is kind of ironic that Romila Thapar gave exact same argument for the justification of Islamic iconoclasm at Somnath!
That Somnath temple underwent changes over time due to natural and political factors and Islamic iconoclasm was but one such change. The so called RW today is justifying Kashi tourism resort under the same argument
Second in early Islamic sources Kashi isn’t described with one particular temple - neither Vishvanath nor Avimukteshvar. Rather it boats destruction of 1000s of temples. This rhetoric is in sharp contrast to say Somnath or Multan where focus is solely on one temple.
Even the copperplates of Gahadavalas (last Hindu rulers of Kashi) aren’t focused on Shri Avimukteshvar or Vishvanath alone but many other temples (surprisingly Vaishnavite) and Ghats in the Kashi. What does it say about Kashi?
That Kashi was an eternal city of 1000s of shrines and ghats - all equally important into sanctity and reverence of worshippers.
Brushing them aside for petty megalomaniac ambitions of modern RW - even Romila Thapar looks pale in comparison!
Brushing them aside for petty megalomaniac ambitions of modern RW - even Romila Thapar looks pale in comparison!
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