Modi Masjid is not named after PM: reports

Bengaluru's Tasker Town Mosque, called 'Modi Masjid' was claimed to be named after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by a few tweeple.

These claims were termed false by multiple reports now. The mosque was built around 125 years and was named after Modi Abdul Gafoor, a wealthy merchant 19th-century merchant, who lived in the Military and Civil Station, which is now Tasker Town.

There are two more mosques are in Bengaluru known as Modi Masjid located around Tannery Road, apart from this mosque. Even a road in Tannery area is known as Modi Road.

Reports proving the claim was released by Alt News, The Quint and NDTV news.

The Secretary, Karnataka State Board of Wakfs told The Quint “The Modi Masjid in Bengaluru is over 125 years old. It was the property of Modi Abdul Gafoor and was named after his name. We had demolished the old mosque and reconstructed it four years ago. The inauguration was done last month. It has been gazette notified, that means it is under the Karnataka government and is being managed by the State Wakf Board. Currently, we are the custodians of the mosque. The claim that the mosque has been named after Narendra Modi is completely false.”

Asif Mackery, a member of the Modi Mosque Committee told NDTV "He [Modi Abdul Gafoor] realised the need for a mosque here and built it in 1849." Modi Abdul Gafoor's family built a couple of more mosques in Bengaluru, according to the report.