Bhopal, Jan. 23 -- Following directions of the Supreme Court, the district administration and police allowed the Hindu community to offer prayers from sunrise on Friday, Vasant Panchami, at the Bhoj Shala-Kamaal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
The Supreme Court on Thursday had ordered that Hindus can worship from sunrise to sunset, with a gap between 1 pm to 3 pm allowing Muslims to offer Namaz, at the disputed 11th century structure.
The structure, an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected 11th -century monument, is considered by Hindus to be a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), while the Muslim community regards it as the Kamaal Maula mosque.
On Friday, a large number of Hindu devotees beg...