On May 9, a civil suit was filed in the court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) in Agra against the Jama Masjid and the 'dargah' (mausoleum) of Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chishti in the premises of Fatehpur Sikri. It was claimed to be the site of Mata Kamakhya. Devi temple.
This suit is filed by Shri Bhagwan Shri Kamakhya Mata as the principal petitioner through his friend and lawyer Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh and five others, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, Shaikh – A complaint was filed against the management committee and management of Salim Chishti Dargah. Fatehpur Sikri Jama Masjid Committee. The lawsuit has prayed for the “invasioned place'' to be liberated.
“The Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division), Agra admitted the suit filed and thereafter transferred the case to JSCC (Judge of Small Cases) Court in Original Suit No. 113 of 2024, dated this It will be decided by the JSCC court within. Regards,” said lawyer Ajay Pratap Singh, who is also the director of Yogeshwar Sanskratik Anusandhan Sansthan Trust in Agra.
The petitioner claimed that the site of Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chishti's dargah and adjoining Jama Masjid was originally the site of the Ma Kamakhya Devi temple.
“The word Sikri comes from the Shikarwars of the Kshatriya clan from which this region adjoining Rajasthan was named in the 14th century. Mata Kamakhya Devi was revered by these Shikarwar rulers. But this place was invaded during the Babur invasion and later turned into the present dargah of Shaikh Salim Chishti by Babur's successors,” Singh claimed.
The petitioner denied that Fatehpur Sikri surfaced during Akbar's reign and claimed that references to Sikri were in Babur's memoirs, 'Baburnama'.
Singh further notes that initially Sikri was a small village near Kanwa (Rajasthan) where the famous decisive battle took place between Babur and Rana Sangram Singh, also known as Rana Sanga, in 1527 AD, and the former changed its name to ' He claimed that he had changed it to “Shukri (Thanksgiving)”. Thank God for hard-won victories.
“The Mughal rulers Babur and Akbar invaded the area and took away Buland Darwaza, which was actually the south gate of the Kamakhya Mata temple, and the remains of the Hindu architecture were dismantled by Akbar and the Arabic inscriptions ,'' lawyer Singh argues.
In the prayer clause of the suit filed, the appellant sought removal of the encroachment and return of the property to the Hindu deity. He has also called for an end to Islamic religious activities at Fatehpur Sikri mosques and dargahs.
Located 40 km from Agra city, Fatehpur Sikri is a monument preserved by the Archaeological Survey of India. It is once known as the capital of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Emperor Akbar, who later abandoned the capital and returned to Agra Fort.
