Tag: Buddhist

by Muslim Mirror Staff Swami Prasad Maurya, the national secretary of the Samajwadi Party and a former minister, has stirred up controversy by claiming that revered Hindu Temples and pilgrimage sites like Badrinath Dham and Kedarnath temple were originally Buddhist religious places until the 8th century. He further alleged that these temples were built upon the ruins of the said Buddhist shrines. "If a survey is conducted, it should be conducted at the place of temples first," he said. "These Hindu Temples were once Buddhist Monasteries and centres of Buddhist education. They...