Shaheed Masjid

Ajgaib Shaheed Masjid

Rajghat, Kashi Railway Station premises, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

“Indeed, to Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.”

— Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156)

About Ajgaib Shaheed Masjid

Built: About 200 years old (local residents' account)

A masjid with an attached graveyard near the Ganga at Rajghat.

The site was cleared before morning, debris included. The nearby Ganj Shaheeda Masjid received a similar notice days later.

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What Happened

What happened

Brought down overnight with an adjacent mazar for the Kashi Railway Station multi-modal redevelopment.
Source: https://maktoobmedia.com/public/post?id=115741&slug=varanasi-ganj-shahida-mosque-faces-demolition-committee-to-move-high-court

Disputed accounts

Officials said it stood on railway land earmarked for redevelopment and that court proceedings and notices preceded the action.
Source: https://maktoobmedia.com/public/post?id=115741&slug=varanasi-ganj-shahida-mosque-faces-demolition-committee-to-move-high-court
Residents said the masjid and its graveyard had existed for nearly two centuries; its long-serving mutawalli had died months earlier.
Source: https://maktoobmedia.com/public/post?id=115741&slug=varanasi-ganj-shahida-mosque-faces-demolition-committee-to-move-high-court

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Sources & References

  1. maktoobmedia.com
  2. muslimmirror.com
  3. kmsnews.org

A place where Allah was remembered for generations. May its memory endure, and may it be raised again.