Delhi's famous monument Qutub Minar was actually 'Vishnu Stambh', says VHP spokesman

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) spokesman Vinod Bansal on Sunday said that Delhi's famous monument Qutub Minar was actually 'Vishnu Stambh'.

Bansal said that the structure was built with materials obtained after demolishing 27 Hindu-Jain temples.

He further said that the superimposed structure was built just to tease the Hindu community.

"Qutab Minar was actually 'Vishnu Stambh'. Qutub Minar was built with materials obtained after demolishing 27 Hindu-Jain temples. The superimposed structure was built just to tease the Hindu community," Vinod Bansal was quoted as saying



by news agency ANI.

Bansal's statement comes a day after the VHP demanded that the government rebuild the ancient temples at the Qutub Minar complex and allow resumption of Hindu rituals and prayers there.

The VHP leaders, including Vinod Bansal, had visited the compound of the monument, which was designated as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1993.

"We demand that all the 27 temples, which were demolished at the site in the past, be rebuilt and Hindus be allowed to offer prayers there," he said.