Amid Gyanvapi Row, Hindu Groups Contest Ownership of Lucknow’s Teele Wali Masjid

Amid the controversy over the Gyanvapi Masjidseveral Hindu right-wing groups have raised an issue over the Teele Wali Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, claiming that a Hindu religious institution called ‘Lakshman Tila’ was situated in the same place the mosque currently stands, and was destroyed by the Mughals.

The All India Hindu Mahasabha had also planned to undertake a protest march in this regard under the banner of ‘Laxman Tila Mukti Sankalp Yatra’ on 22 May, but the local administration did not permit them to do so.