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**Slonopotam845** · 06-27-2012, 01:04 AM

Perhaps how the hindus and muslims handled this in the french enclave pondicherry as recorded in his diaries by ananda rangam pillai, dubashi of the french governor.

The governor's wife wanted to build a church at the site of vedapuriswarar temple and made her husband issue necessary orders to demolish the temple and a mosque. Hindus rushed to AR pillai, pleaded with him to talk to the governor and halt demolition, but the only advice he could give was - nothing can be done now, take all the murthis to a safer place. The temple was demolished.

When the similar demolition was attempted on the mosque, all the muslims assembled in front of the mosque, and vowed to kill themselves and kill all responsible for the demolition. The governor got cold feet and the mosque was spared.

See a small reference for this incident in a 'the hindu' article:

"the demolition of the Vedapuriswarar Temple (sanction obtained after five years), how the demolition of a mosque was halted by timely intervention and protest"
The Hindu : FEATURES / FRIDAY REVIEW : A mirror to history

Demoloition of babri masjid has done one thing - it has established by a proper secular legal procedure that a temple had existed earlier in that site. I wish mathura and kasi temple disputes are also led to similar solution.

06-27-2012, 01:04 AM	#11
Slonopotam845 Join Date Jan 2006 Posts 5,251 Senior Member	Perhaps how the hindus and muslims handled this in the french enclave pondicherry as recorded in his diaries by ananda rangam pillai, dubashi of the french governor. The governor's wife wanted to build a church at the site of vedapuriswarar temple and made her husband issue necessary orders to demolish the temple and a mosque. Hindus rushed to AR pillai, pleaded with him to talk to the governor and halt demolition, but the only advice he could give was - nothing can be done now, take all the murthis to a safer place. The temple was demolished. When the similar demolition was attempted on the mosque, all the muslims assembled in front of the mosque, and vowed to kill themselves and kill all responsible for the demolition. The governor got cold feet and the mosque was spared. See a small reference for this incident in a 'the hindu' article: "the demolition of the Vedapuriswarar Temple (sanction obtained after five years), how the demolition of a mosque was halted by timely intervention and protest" The Hindu : FEATURES / FRIDAY REVIEW : A mirror to history Demoloition of babri masjid has done one thing - it has established by a proper secular legal procedure that a temple had existed earlier in that site. I wish mathura and kasi temple disputes are also led to similar solution.
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