BBMP seeks title deed from historic churches, temples, mosques

Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will issue a notice seeking the title deed among other land-related documents from religious places as it has been directed by the Karnataka High Court to provide a list of religious places on unauthorised land

Bengaluru’s oldest temples The Someshwara temple in Halasuru belonging to the Chola period, and the Dharmaraya Swamy temple in Tigularapete from the Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda period will also be asked to provide ‘proof of title’ of the land

Also, 1803’s St Mary’s Basillica in Shivajinagar, and St Patrick’s Church built in 1844 for Irish soldiers, will be issued notice by the BBMP

BBMP Commissioner, Manjunath Prasad said that temples can also submit a report on the historicity, if there are no recorded historical documents