Bhojshala Dhar Devotees Pray After MP HC Declares Complex a Temple and Bars ASI Control Changes

ASI supervision stays exclusive as court overhauls worship rules

Devotees entered the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar on Saturday to offer prayers after the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s Indore Bench declared the disputed site a temple and granted Hindus the right to worship. The court recognised the complex as belonging to Raja Bhoj and ruled it was historically dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi, dating to the Bhoj-Parmar dynasty. The ruling modified an earlier ASI order that had allowed Friday namaz for a limited time, while keeping the monument under ASI custody.