Protesters recite Hanuman chalisa outside Qutub minar complex 3.93/5 (15)

Members of United Hindu Front and Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena Tuesday recited the Hanuman Chalisa outside the Qutub Minar complex and staged a protest demanding that the iconic monument here be renamed ‘Vishnu Stambha’. Till now, at least 30 demonstrators have been detained and taken to a police station, from where they will be released later, a senior official told news agency PTI.

International working president of the United Hindu Front, Bhagwan Goyal, claimed that the Qutub Minar is the ‘Vishnu Stambha’, which was built by the “great king Vikramaditya”. "But later, Qutubuddin Aibak claimed credit for it. There were 27 temples in the complex and those were destroyed by Aibak. Proof of all this is available as people can find idols of Hindu gods kept in the Qutub Minar complex. Our demand is that Qutub Minar should be called as Vishnu Stambha," he said.