After Tipu Sultan taking over the State of Mysore, ‘Datta peeta’ was totally ‘Islamized’ !
There is a place called ‘Datta peeta’ about 30 kms away from Chikmangalur District in Karnataka where there is a mountain of 4000 feet height. There is a cave on this mountain. Dattatreya Swami did penance in this cave which is known as ‘Datta peeta’. When Tipu Sultan took over the State of Mysore, that time only, ‘Islamization’ of ‘Datta peeta’ took place. Tipu Sultan attacked/ encroached upon this place and built tombs and converted this place into a grave-yard. There were things like ‘Deep-stambha’, ‘Kamandalu’, ‘Paaduka’ etc. which have been removed from there and its name was changed to ‘Baba Budan’ by constructing a tomb. ‘Urus’ is celebrated here in Baba’s name and everything was ‘Islamized’.
In 1978, Annappa Shetty, a local leader of Chikkamagaluru filed a case with the district court and claimed that the property belongs to the Hindus
The district court’s judgement pronounced that the shrine is visited by both Hindus and Muslims, and ordered that the status quo be maintained.
In 2015 the Supreme Court had disposed the case. At the time, the apex court had directed the Karnataka government to sort out the dispute. Following this directive, the state government formed a cabinet sub-committee headed by Law Minister TB Jayachandra later that year. The committee felt the need for an expert committee’s suggestions and this was conveyed to the state Cabinet. In 2017, the expert committee headed by Justice HN Nagamohan Das, retired High Court judge was formed. I visited this place,this was a amazing place and journey is cool 😎.
sahana S R 