Temple Destruction in Tamil Nadu [was Re: Temple Destruction in South Asia] (fwd)

S Jain skjain at server.uwindsor.ca
Wed Jun 14 01:55:33 UTC 1995


Gary M. Tartakov,

Re: Islamic conversion in Mediaeval India

The following post may be of ineterst to you.


------- start of forwarded message -------
Xref: news alt.hindu:2047
From: Rajiv Varma <rvarma at ccaix.jsums.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.hindu
Subject: Temple Destruction in Tamil Nadu [was Re: Temple Destruction in South Asia]
Date: 8 Jun 1995 01:15:43 GMT
Organization: Univ of Cincinnati
Lines: 361
Approved: editor at rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu
Message-ID: <3r5ivv$rpm at ucunix.san.uc.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu
Originator: editor at rbhatnagar


Temple Destruction in TAMIL NADU

Presented here are the particulars of muslim monuments which stand on the
sites and/or have been built with the materials of the Hindu temples in
Tamilnad. This is a draft list, and needs revision. The reason being
different sources provide different dates and names for the same monument.
Many muslim saints are known by several names, which creates confusion in
identifying their mazars and dargahs. This should serve as a brief
summary. 

Please note that these are the muslim monuments standing (today) on the 
sites of the demolished Hindu Temples in the present Tamil Nadu state only.

District Wise Distribution:

I. Chingleput District
-------------------

1. Acharwak, Mazar of Shah Ahmad. Temple Site

2. Kanchipuram

                (a) Large Masjid. Temple Site.
                (b) Eight other masjids. Temple sites.
                (c) Gumbad of Baba Hamid Ali. Temple Site.

3. Karkatpala, Mazar of Murad Shah Mastan. Temple Site

4. Kovalam, Dargah of Malik bin Dinar (1593-94). Temple Site.

5. Munropet
                (a) Masjid. Temple Site
                (b) Mazar of Shah Ali Mastan. Temple Site.        

6. Pallavaram

   (a) Hill of Panchapandyamalai renamed Maula Pahad and central hall of
an ancient Cave Temple turned into a Masjid for worshipping a panja
(palm). 

   (b) Mazar of Shaykh Husain Qadiri alias Budu Shahid. Temple Site.
   (c) Poonmalle, Mir Jumla's Masjid (1653). Temple
materials used.
 
7. Rajkoilpetta, Mazar of Haji Umar. Temple site.

        8. Rampur, Takiya of the Tabqati order of Faqirs. Temple site.
        9. Rayapeta, Walajahi Masjid. Temple site.
        10. Walajahbad, Masjid. Temple site.

II. Coimbatore District
---------------------

        1. Annamalai Fort, repaired by Tipu Sultan with temple materials.
        2. Coimbatore, Large Masjid of Tipu Sultan. Temple site.
        3. Sivasamudram, Dargar of Pir Wali. Temple Site.

III. Madras District
-----------------
                Jami Masjid. Temple Site.

IV. Madura District
-----------------

        1. Bonduvarapetta, Masjid. Temple materials used.
        2. Devipatnam, Large Masjid. Temple site.
        3. Goripalaiyam, Dargah of Khwaja Alaud-Din. Temple site.
        4. Madura, Dargah of Khwaja Alaud-din. Temple site.
        5. Nimarpalli
                (a) Masjid, Temple materials used.
                (b) Dargah of Makhdum Jalalu'd-Din. Temple materials used.
        6. Puliygulam, Masjid. Temple Site.
        7. Soravandam, Masjid. Temple site.
        8. Tiruparankunram, Sikandar Masjid on top of the Hill. Stands
		amidst ruins of
                Brahmanical, Buddhist and Jain temples.

V. North Arcot District
-----------------------

        1. Arcot, A city of temples before its occupation by Muslims.
                (a) Jami Masjid. Temple site.
                (b) Tomb of Sadatullah Khan. Atreya temple materials used.
                (c) Masjid and Mazar of Tipu Awliya. Temple site.
                (d) Dargah of Sayyid Husain Shah. Temple site.
                (e) Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
                (f) Masjid of Shah Husain Chisti. Temple site.
                (g) Masjid and Gumbad of Papa Shahid. Temple site.
                (h) Gumbad of Shah Sadiq with a graveyard. Temple site.
                (i) Masjid and Mazar of Shah Azmatullah Qadiri. Temple site.
                (j) Masjid of Shykh Natthar. Temple site.
                (k) Masjid of Murad Shah. Temple site.
                (l) Masjid of Mir Asadullah Khan. Temple site.
                (m) Masjid of Mawlvi Jamal Ali. Temple site.
                (n) Masjid and Gumbad of Sayyid Ahmad alias Yaar Pir.
			Temple site.
                (o) Masjid of Chanda Sahib. Temple site.
                (p) Masjid of Miskin Shah with Gumbad of Amin Pir.
			Temple site.
                (q) Masjid and Mazar of Hazrat Usman Khan Sarwar.
			Temple site.
                (r) Masjid in the Maqbara of Mughlani. Temple site.
                (s) Masjid of Ghulam Rasul Khan. Temple site.
                (t) Masjid of Shah Ghulam Rasul Khan Dargahi. Temple site.
                (u) Masjid of Hafiz Abdul Aziz. Temple site.
                (v) Masjid of Hafiz Karimullah. Temple site.
                (w) Masjid and Gumbad in Tajpura. Temple site.

                Outside the city:
                ---------------
                (x) Takiya of Qatil Pandu Sarguroh. Temple site.
                (y) Masjid and Gumbad of Ahmad Tahir Khan. Temple site.
                (z) Masjid, Khanqah, Graveyard and Gumbad in Hasanpura. 
			Temple site.

(aa) Gumbad of Hazrat Antar Jani with the Idgah. Temple site.
(bb) Takiya of Sabit Ali Shah. Temple site.
(cc) Masjid and Mazar of Sayyid Karim Muhammad. Quadiri. Temple Site.
(dd) Masjid of Sa'datmand Khan. Temple Site.
(ee) Masjid of Abu'l Hasan Zakir. Temple site.
(ff) Masjid of Da'ud Beg. Temple Site.
(gg) Masjid and Gumbad of Hazrat Shah Nasir. Temple Site.
(hh) Masjid of Punji. Temple site.
(ii) Mazar of Yadu'llah Shah. Temple site.
(jj) Rangin Masjid. Temple site.
(kk) House of Relic which has a footprint of the Holy Prophet. Converted 
     Temple.

2. Arni

(a) Two masjids. Temple sites.
(b) Dargah of Seven Shahids. Temple site.

3. Kare - Naulakh Gumbad. Converted Gautama and Viswamitra Temple.

4. Kaveripak

(a) Idgah. Temple Site.
(b) Takiya. Temple Site.
(c) Three Masjids. Temple Sites.

5. Nusratgarh - Many masjids and mazars in the ruined fort. Temple sites.

6. Pirmalipak - Mazar of Wajid Shah Champar Posh. Temple Site.

7. Ramna

(a) Masjid of Kamtu Shah. Temple Site.
(b) Takiya of Shah Sadiq Tabqati. Temple site.

8. Vellore

(a) Jami Masjid. Temple Site.
(b) Chhoti Masjid. Temple Site.
(c) Mazar of Nur Muhammad Qadiri who "laid waste" many temples. Temple site.
(d) Mazar of Shah Abu'l Hasan Quadiri.
(e) Mazar of Abdul Latif Zauqi. Temple site.
(f) Mazar of Ali Husaini Chishti. Temple site.
(g) Mazar of Hazrat Ali Sultan. Temple site.
(h) Mazar of Amin Pir. Temple site.
(i) Mazar of Shah Lutfu'llah Qadiri. Temple site.
(j) Mazar of Sahib Padshah Qadiri. Temple site.

9. Walajahangar - Masjid and Mazar of Pir Sahib on the Hill. Temple site.

10. Wali-Muhammad-Petta, Masjid. Temple site.

VI. Ramanathapuram District
--------------------------

1. Eruvadi

(a) Dargah of Hazrat Ibrahim Shahid. Temple site.
(b) Mazar of Hazrat Fakhru'din Shahid alias Katbaba Sahib. Temple site.

2. Kilakari

(a) Jami Masjid. Temple site.
(b) Dargah of Muhammad Qasim Appa. Temple site.
(c) Apparpalli Masjid. Temple site.

3. Periyapattanam - Dargah of Sayyid Sultan Wali. Temple site.

4. Valinokkam

(a) Pallivasal Masjid (1417-18). Temple site.
(b) Dargah of Katupalli (1425). Temple site.

5. Ramanathapuram - Old Masjid. Temple site.

VII. Salem District
-----------------

Sankaridurg, - Masjid on the ascent to the Fort. Temple site.

VIII. South Arcot District.
---------------------------

1. Anandapur, Masjid. Temple site.

    2. Chidambaram
         (i) Lalkhan Masjid. Temple materials used.
         (ii) Nawal Khan Masjid. Temple materials used.
         (iii) Idgah. Temple site.
         (iv) Mazar of Aminu'd-Din Chishti. Temple site.
         (v) Mazar of Sayyid Husain. Temple site.
 
        3. Gingee
         (i) Masjid (1718). Temple site.
         (ii) Masjid (1732). Temple site.
         (iii) Masjid in the Fort. Temple site.         

4. Kawripet, Mazar of Qalandar Shah. Temple site.
         5. Manjakupham, Mazar of Shah Abdu'r-Rahim. Temple
         site.

         6. Mansurpeta, Itibar Khan-ki-Masjid. Temple site.         

7. Nallikuppam
         (i) Masjid. Temple site.
         (ii) Mazar of Shykh Miran Sahib. Temple site.
   
      8. Pannuti
         (i) Masjid. Temple site.
         (ii) Gumbad of Nur Muhammad Qadiri. Temple
         site.

         9. Swamiwaram, Masjid. Temple site.

         10. Tarakambari
         (i) Masjid. Temple site.
         (ii) Mazar of Shykh Ismail Sahib. Temple site.

         11. Tirumalarayanapatnam, Mazar of Abdul Qadir Yamini.
         Temple site.

         12. Warachkuri, Mazar of Shah Jalal Husaini. Temple
         site.

IX. Thanjavur District.
--------------------

         1. Ammapettah
         (i) Masjid. Temple site.
         (ii) Mazfir of Muinu'd-Din Husain Qadiri. Temple
         site.
         (iii) Mazar of Shah Jafar. Temple site.

         2. Ilyur
         (i) Masjid. Temple site.
         (ii) Mazar of Inayatu'llah Dirwesh. Temple site.
         (iii) Mazar of Muhammad Mastan. Temple site.
         (iv) Mazar of Miran Husain. Temple site.

         3. Karambari
         (i) Mazar of Arab Sahib. Temple site.
         (ii) Mazar ofMubtala Shah. Temple site.

         4. Kurikyalpalayam
         (i) Masjid. Temple site.
         (ii) Mazar of Makhdum Haji. Temple site.
         (iii) Mazar of Makhdum Jahan Shah. Temple site.

         5. Kurkuti, Gumbad of Hasan Qadiri alias Ghyb Sahib.
         Temple site.

         6. Kushalpalayam
         (i) Mazar of Hazrat Taj Firaq Badanshahi. Temple
         site.
         (ii) Mazar of Hidayat Shah Arzani. Temple site.
         (iii) Mazar of Yar Shah Husainshahi. Temple site.

         7. Nagur
         (i) Masjid. Temple site.
         (ii) Dargah of Qadir Wali Shah. Temple site.

         8. Urancheri, Mazar of Pir Qutbu'd-Din. Temple site.

         9. Vijayapuram, Gumbad of Sultan Makhdum. Temple site.

         10. Wadlyarkari, Mazar of Bawa Sahib Shahid. Temple site.

X. Tiruchirapalli District.
--------------------------
         1. Puttur, Mazar. Temple materials used.

         2. Tiruchirapalli
         (i) Dargah of Natthar Shah Wali. Converted Siva
         Temple. Lingam used as lamp-post.
         (ii) Masjid-i-Muhammadi. Temple site.
         (iii) Mazar of Baba Muhiu'd-Din Sarmast. Temple-
         site.
         (iv) Mazar of Hazrat Fathu'llah Nuri. Temple site.
         (v) Mazar of Shams Paran. Temple site.
         (vi) Mazar of Sayyid Abdul Wahhab. Temple site.
         (vii) Mazar of Shah Fazlu'llah Qadiri. Temple site.
         (viii) Mazar of Shah Nasiru'd-Din. Temple site.
         (ix) Mazar of Faridu'd-Din Shahid. Temple site.
         (x) Mazar of Hazrat Chand Mastan. Temple site.
         (xi) Mazar of Sayyid Zainu'l-Abidin at Tinur. Temple site.
         (xii) Mazar of Sayyid Karimu'd-Din Qadiri. Temple         site.
         (xiii) Mazar of Alimu'llah Shah Qadiri called Barhana         
		Shamsir (Naked Sword). Temple site.
         (xiv) Mazar of Shah Imamu'd-Din Qadiri. Temple
         site.
         (xv) Mazar of Kaki Shah. Temple site.
         (xvi) Mazar of Khwaja Aminu'd-Din Chisti. Temple
         site.
         (xvii) Mazar of Khwaja Ahmad Shah Husain Chishti.
         Temple site.
         (xviii) Mazar of Shah Bheka. Converted temple.
         (xix) Mazar of Shah Jamalu'd-Din Husain Chishti.
         Temple site.         
	 (xx) Mazar of Qayim Shah who destroyed twelve
         temples. Temple site.
         (xxi) Mazar of Munsif Shah Suhrawardiyya. Temple
         site.
         (xxii) Mazar of Itiffaq Shah. Temple site.
         (xxiii) Mazar of Sayyid Jalal Qadiri. Temple site.
         (xxiv) Mazar of Mahtab Shah Shirazi Suhrawardiyya.         
		Temple site.
         (xxv) Masjid of Haji Ibrahim where Natthar Shah Wali
         (see i above) stayed on his arrival. Temple site.
         3. Valikondapuram
         (i) Masjid opposite the Fort. Converted temple.
         (ii) Mazar near the Masjid. Converted temple.
         (iii) Sher Khan-ki-Masjid (1690). Temple site.
         (iv) Old Jami' ~asjid. Temple site.         

XI. Tirunelvelli District.
-------------------------

         l. Ambasamudram, Mazar of Hazrat Rahmtu'llah near the
         ruined Fort. Temple site.
         2. Kayalpattanam
         (i) Periyapalli Masjid (1336-37).
         (ii) Sirupalli Masjid. Temple site.
         (iii) Dargah of Nainar Muhammad. Temple site.
         (iv) Marukudiyarapalli Masjid. Temple site.         

3. Tirunelvelli, Jami' Masjid. Temple materials used.


*------------------------ cut here -----------------------------------*

regards,
Rajiv





ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Alt.hindu is a moderated group for discussion related to Hindu dharma 
(including, philosophy, religion, culture etc.), Hindu issues, current events 
and announcements.  This newsgroup is edited by several people, administrative
enquiries may be directed to Ajay Shah, editor at rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu
WWW Archives: http://rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu:8080/alt_hindu_home.html


------- end of forwarded message -------

 






More information about the INDOLOGY mailing list