Ancient Heritage Sight being Demolished in Peshawar to pave way for Commercial Plaza

[Laozi]

Why would tourists visit a place which has no historic neither ancient significance (no proof provided by you), Tourist would love to visit Peshawar for Qisa Khwani bazar, Bala Hisar fort, Islamia college, Mahabat Khan mosque and for lovely food though..

Hi,
Humayun's Tomb In Delhi which does not have any significance for modern Indians, is being visited by Foreigners in large numbers as a UNESCO heritage site. It lies on the Most prime land in New Delhi but still it is well kept and is show cased as a important tourist spot.
:: Humayun Tomb ::

Home-Tourist Places- Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's Tomb






Location:Opp. Dargah

Nizamuddin,

Mathura Road
Metro Station:JLN Stadium
Open:Daily
Timings:Sunrise to sunset
Entry Fee:

10 (Indians),

250 (foreigners)
Photography Charges:Nil
(`25 for video filming)





Located near the crossing of Mathura road andLodhi road, this magnificent garden tomb is the first substantial example ofMughal architecturein India.

It was built in 1565 A.D. nine years after the death of Humayun, by his senior widow Bega Begam. Inside the walled enclosure the most notable features are the garden squares (chaharbagh) with pathways water channels, centrally located well proportional mausoleum topped by double dome.
There are several graves of Mughal rulers located inside the walled enclosure and from here in 1857 A.D; Lieutenant Hudson had captured the last Mughal emperorBahadur Shah II.

 

[Laozi]

Why would tourists visit a place which has no historic neither ancient significance (no proof provided by you), Tourist would love to visit Peshawar for Qisa Khwani bazar, Bala Hisar fort, Islamia college, Mahabat Khan mosque and for lovely food though..

Hi,
Humayun's Tomb In Delhi which does not have any significance for modern Indians, is being visited by Foreigners in large numbers as a UNESCO heritage site. It lies on the Most prime land in New Delhi but still it is well kept and is show cased as a important tourist spot.
:: Humayun Tomb ::

Home-Tourist Places- Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's Tomb






Location:Opp. Dargah

Nizamuddin,

Mathura Road
Metro Station:JLN Stadium
Open:Daily
Timings:Sunrise to sunset
Entry Fee:

10 (Indians),

250 (foreigners)
Photography Charges:Nil
(`25 for video filming)





Located near the crossing of Mathura road andLodhi road, this magnificent garden tomb is the first substantial example ofMughal architecturein India.

It was built in 1565 A.D. nine years after the death of Humayun, by his senior widow Bega Begam. Inside the walled enclosure the most notable features are the garden squares (chaharbagh) with pathways water channels, centrally located well proportional mausoleum topped by double dome.
There are several graves of Mughal rulers located inside the walled enclosure and from here in 1857 A.D; Lieutenant Hudson had captured the last Mughal emperorBahadur Shah II.

 

[KN-1]

UNESCO heritage site

Does that Temple is UNESCO heritage site like Humaiyon's Tomb? u are unable to provide the significance of the so called historic and ancient temple.. what is the history of this Temple? as for Humaiyon's tomb, Indian Muslim which make 15 to 20% of Indian population consider them as their kings.. but even then u want to destroy.. it does not effect us Pakistanis at all..

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

There are thousands of temples all over Pakistan which do nothing expect sit there - our Government spends millions on 'preserving them'; we need to let go, they hold no value - whether they be religious or tourist; as Hindus are long gone and tourists would never visit areas like these. They take up space and get in the way of many projects - if they arent used then just demolish them. Same goes for mosques, gurdawaras and churches.

Hi,
Humayun's Tomb In Delhi which does not have any significance for modern Indians, is being visited by Foreigners in large numbers as a UNESCO heritage site. It lies on the Most prime land in New Delhi but still it is well kept and is show cased as a important tourist spot.
:: Humayun Tomb ::

Home-Tourist Places- Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's Tomb






Location:Opp. Dargah

Nizamuddin,

Mathura Road
Metro Station:JLN Stadium
Open:Daily
Timings:Sunrise to sunset
Entry Fee:

10 (Indians),

250 (foreigners)
Photography Charges:Nil
(`25 for video filming)





Located near the crossing of Mathura road andLodhi road, this magnificent garden tomb is the first substantial example ofMughal architecturein India.

It was built in 1565 A.D. nine years after the death of Humayun, by his senior widow Bega Begam. Inside the walled enclosure the most notable features are the garden squares (chaharbagh) with pathways water channels, centrally located well proportional mausoleum topped by double dome.
There are several graves of Mughal rulers located inside the walled enclosure and from here in 1857 A.D; Lieutenant Hudson had captured the last Mughal emperorBahadur Shah II.

Because its attractive and is the mausoleum of a famous person. Temples dont attract anyone and to be honest - they dont blend in with the rest of the city and dont look good at all.

 

[Bhupendra Singh_Cyan]

If it was a mosque , things would have been different and opinions in rage.

There are thousands of temples all over Pakistan which do nothing expect sit there - our Government spends millions on 'preserving them'; we need to let go, they hold no value - whether they be religious or tourist; as Hindus are long gone and tourists would never visit areas like these. They take up space and get in the way of many projects - if they arent used then just demolish them. Same goes for mosques, gurdawaras and churches.



Because its attractive and is the mausoleum of a famous person. Temples dont attract anyone and to be honest - they dont blend in with the rest of the city and dont look good at all.

You need some serious treatment when saying to demolish mosque or any other ancient buildings.
Don't just rage over and reply, think About it.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

If it was a mosque , things would have been different and opinions in rage.

Hey, if there are Mosques that sit around and no one uses - then you are free to destroy it. This temple is not used, and just sits there; halting major projects in the area. Our Government spends tens of millions renovating and maintaining them - just to please its 'minorities'. Despite these areas never being used for any reasons. If people come to this temple to worship or this temple attracted tourists - then we would never demolish it.

Ever since terrorism has significantly decreased - Peshawar has been going through huge development; and it needs alot of room. These includes Mosques as well.

You need to look at your own yard - dont let me remind you of the Babri Mosque.

 

[Paksanity]

If it was a mosque , things would have been different and opinions in rage.


You need some serious treatment when saying to demolish mosque or any other ancient buildings.
Don't just rage over and reply, think About it.

No, think again. Masjid is likely not abandoned in Pakistan, yet they are demolished or relocated if required. It's common sense. I happen to know this is a big problem in India where people can erect a temple illegally to encroach on land and then it becomes impossible to remove it because of religious sensitivity. Point here is not whether it can be demolished or not due to religious sentiment. Point is whether this building holds any historical value? It appears it doesn't. So it has to go. There are no Hindus in the area who are using it (as is evident from its condition). Unless someone can provide any evidence of its historical value.

Hi,
Humayun's Tomb In Delhi which does not have any significance for modern Indians, is being visited by Foreigners in large numbers as a UNESCO heritage site. It lies on the Most prime land in New Delhi but still it is well kept and is show cased as a important tourist spot.
:: Humayun Tomb ::

Home-Tourist Places- Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's Tomb






Location:Opp. Dargah

Nizamuddin,

Mathura Road
Metro Station:JLN Stadium
Open:Daily
Timings:Sunrise to sunset
Entry Fee:

10 (Indians),

250 (foreigners)
Photography Charges:Nil
(`25 for video filming)





Located near the crossing of Mathura road andLodhi road, this magnificent garden tomb is the first substantial example ofMughal architecturein India.

It was built in 1565 A.D. nine years after the death of Humayun, by his senior widow Bega Begam. Inside the walled enclosure the most notable features are the garden squares (chaharbagh) with pathways water channels, centrally located well proportional mausoleum topped by double dome.
There are several graves of Mughal rulers located inside the walled enclosure and from here in 1857 A.D; Lieutenant Hudson had captured the last Mughal emperorBahadur Shah II.

It's pretty lame to compare tomb of an emperor with an unknown abandoned temple built less than a century ago. For obvious reasons you are bringing in religious element into this discussion. When it comes to preserving heritage we are no worse than our neighbours. A little better perhaps.

Only one Hindu temple of historic value exists in Pakistan. Katas Raj temple. It too was abandoned by Hindu community despite there was no communal violence in the area during partition and they were assured by Muslim community of protection. So much so that they were sent off by Muslims at the train station and two communities parted bearing no ill will for each other. Here see this temple as it stands today.

You see any damage? It was maintained and recently renovated. Even visited by L.K. Advani who receives water from this pond every year (as per Hindu mythology pond was created by tears of Shiva on the death of her wife). Nobody from India cared about. Nobody in Pakistan attacked or damaged it. For decades it stood there unguarded and unattended. Nobody cared from India or even Hindus in Pakistan. But since it was built some 1000 years ago, it was looked after and preserved by archaeological department of Pakistan. Occasionally it is visited by Yatris from India and they are always welcome to visit this place.

Temple in your OP holds no such value nor is visited by anyone apparently. One can not just award status of heritage based on religious sentiment alone. Unless you can share with us some details of its origins and history.

 

[Laozi]

Does that Temple is UNESCO heritage site like Humaiyon's Tomb? u are unable to provide the significance of the so called historic and ancient temple.. what is the history of this Temple? as for Humaiyon's tomb, Indian Muslim which make 15 to 20% of Indian population consider them as their kings.. but even then u want to destroy.. it does not effect us Pakistanis at all..

Why only Muslim consider Humayun as their king ? He ruled over a large part of India hence he is considered a Mughal Emperor by all Indians and all historians. But My point is that even if majority of people hate Humayun still we will preserve the site.

Because its attractive and is the mausoleum of a famous person. Temples dont attract anyone and to be honest - they dont blend in with the rest of the city and dont look good at all.

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For obvious reasons you are bringing in religious element into this discussion.

I have no such intentions therefore I have removed the word Temple from OP though it was there in the article's headline. I really feel that such sites should be preserved irrespective of religious beliefs as these are part of history and make a region more vibrant.

 

[Paksanity]

I have no such intentions therefore I have removed the word Temple from OP though it was there in the article's headline. I really feel that such sites should be preserved irrespective of religious beliefs as these are part of history and make a region more vibrant.

Fundamental question still stands. Is this building ancient? Does it have history associated to it? If so please share that with us. There is no argument that history should be preserved. If it is history that is!

 

[Laozi]

Fundamental question still stands. Is this building ancient? Does it have history associated to it? If so please share that with us. There is no argument that history should be preserved. If it is history that is!

Most of the historic sites on this earth are labelled so by European Archeologists.

Why can't we decide what is historic to us and use it to our advantage for the purpose of tourism and cultural heritage?

 

[Bhupendra Singh_Cyan]

Hey, if there are Mosques that sit around and no one uses - then you are free to destroy it. This temple is not used, and just sits there; halting major projects in the area. Our Government spends tens of millions renovating and maintaining them - just to please its 'minorities'. Despite these areas never being used for any reasons. If people come to this temple to worship or this temple attracted tourists - then we would never demolish it.

Ever since terrorism has significantly decreased - Peshawar has been going through huge development; and it needs alot of room. These includes Mosques as well.

You need to look at your own yard - dont let me remind you of the Babri Mosque.

I knew somebody will quote Babri in my context.
bro any sane person will condemn demolition of any mosque or temple etc.
Demolition of Babri was a sad incident and i hate those who did and and like wise many temples, around 40,000 have been demolished since Mughal era so you cant blame other community nor i can blame muslims or anyone else.
TAALI EK HAATH SE NAHI BAJTI
I have too many Muslim friends and have been to mosques and goes there regularly, 200 metre behind my home and i must tell you i find peace there so it's not a matter of Hindu-Muslim. it's about how you look at things.

People need to change not a community, all gods only teach to love others.
Peace

 

[Paksanity]

Most of the historic sites on this earth are labelled so by European Archeologists.

Why can't we decide what is historic to us and use it to our advantage for the purpose of tourism and cultural heritage?

Who said anything about asking Europeans? You created a thread on ancient heritage site. Please verify the credentials of this building. Ancient = what is the age of this building? When was it built? Heritage = what history associated with this building makes it heritage? Any evidence of who built it? Any historical event of any significance which can be associated or relevant to this specific building?

 

[KN-1]

Why only Muslim consider Humayun as their king ? He ruled over a large part of India hence he is considered a Mughal Emperor by all Indians and all historians. But My point is that even if majority of people hate Humayun still we will preserve the site.

See humayun's tomb is a different story. its UN recognize historic site not a so called ancient mandir claimed by a newspaper with no substance and history...

We have nothing against Hinduism or its truly historic building in Pakistan... we are even renovating historic Hindu temples.. we welcome thousands of sikhs in Pakistan every year without a single incident of misbehave.. even Hindu from India also visit their holy sites..

Renovation work on Katas Raj Temple inspected - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

 

[B+ Dracula]

If it was a mosque , things would have been different and opinions in rage.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...how i wonder....
During Construction Masjids do shift from one place to another its so much common that it wont become healdines of that Magnitude....Yes it is Right Masjids in Pakistan do have followers so gov wont hesitate to allot some other piece of land
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In above situation you can raise question about KPK Gov sincearity about old left worshipping place but atleast dont conclude that Judgement...we deliberately trying to demolish such places for Political gain
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One thing more...I once traveled on Bike from Islamabad to Peshawar (in 2006) with my friend ..Peshawar is about 300 km away from Islamabad...i enjoyed my Journey by staying on many places on the way that include .... Kabul River, Indus river, Mountains, Pleasent atmosphere and many many ancient RELICS on the way (not much famous) but they do exist
some we visited (bcoz time was short) some we wont.....point is maybe Government in above case have no other option except to demolish it as we all know city is growing many many folds now a days

 

[Spring Onion]

Is there a member from that region that can verify this for the general audience

I am from the city so here are some facts.

1. There is no such plan or construction of commercial plaza so far

2. The tenants of the temple made some renovation without permission of the government

Which was taken notice of by the government.

3. The temple has been sealed and two persons arrested for illegal repair work.

bellow is the image of the temple