04-20-2006, 09:13 PM
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Varanasi: The controversy over installation of a Shivlinga in a temple adjoining a mosque here was resolved today with both sides agreeing to maintain status quo in the matter, police sources said.
<b>Tension gripped Hartirath locality following installation of the Shivlinga of a bigger size sparking protest from the minority community yesterday, they said.</b>
Police managed to broker peace between the two sides before the situation could get out of control.
The district administration invited representatives of the two communities and authorities of the two religious shrines for a meeting to break the deadlock.
<b>At their meeting today, it was agreed that the temple authorities would instal Shivlinga of the same size and colour as the earlier one which developed cracks after a tree fell on it following a thunderstorm.</b>
The two communities also agreed to maintain peace and communal harmony, the sources said adding RAF and PAC personnel deployed in the area would remain stationed there till calm returned.
Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent of Police (Varanasi) G K Goswami suspended two police officials -- SHO Ajay Srivastava and Sub-Inspector Rambriksh -- for allegedly keeping senior officials in the dark on simmering tension at Hartirath
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Varanasi: The controversy over installation of a Shivlinga in a temple adjoining a mosque here was resolved today with both sides agreeing to maintain status quo in the matter, police sources said.
<b>Tension gripped Hartirath locality following installation of the Shivlinga of a bigger size sparking protest from the minority community yesterday, they said.</b>
Police managed to broker peace between the two sides before the situation could get out of control.
The district administration invited representatives of the two communities and authorities of the two religious shrines for a meeting to break the deadlock.
<b>At their meeting today, it was agreed that the temple authorities would instal Shivlinga of the same size and colour as the earlier one which developed cracks after a tree fell on it following a thunderstorm.</b>
The two communities also agreed to maintain peace and communal harmony, the sources said adding RAF and PAC personnel deployed in the area would remain stationed there till calm returned.
Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent of Police (Varanasi) G K Goswami suspended two police officials -- SHO Ajay Srivastava and Sub-Inspector Rambriksh -- for allegedly keeping senior officials in the dark on simmering tension at Hartirath
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