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The conversion of non-Hindu places of worship into temples occurred for centuries, ever since the advent of other Dharmic faiths in the Indian subcontinent. [ citation needed ] As a result, Muslim mosques, Christian churches, Zoroastrian fire temples [ citation needed ] , Jain and Buddhist temples were converted into Hindu places of worship.
Images City Country Notes; Ram Janmabhoomi Temple: Babri Masjid: Ayodhya: India: The 16th-century mosque built on the birthplace of Rama under the reign of and named after Mughal Emperor Babur was demolished in 1992 by a mob of Hindu nationalists.
The conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques occurred during the life of Muhammad [citation needed] and continued during subsequent Islamic conquests and invasions and under historical Muslim rule. [citation needed] Hindu temples, Jain Temples, churches, synagogues, and Zoroastrian fire temples have been converted into mosques.
Mosques converted from Hindu temples ... Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques; A. ... a non-profit organization.
The Temple of Gaius and Lucius, known today as the Maison Carrée at Nîmes, owes its preservation to its conversion to a church. The Christianization of sites that had been pagan occurred as a result of conversions in early Christian times, as well as an important part of the strategy of Interpretatio Christiana ("Christian reinterpretation ...
Pictorial images of Swaminarayan were consecrated in India and were then shipped to Nairobi in 1945. [2] In 1957, Acharya Maharajshree Tejendraprasad Pande (in his Pre-Acharya status) on behalf of his father (who was then Acharya), visited the temple for the first time and installed images of Swaminarayan in the ladies section. [2]
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