{"id":52154,"date":"2017-03-18T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=52154"},"modified":"2017-03-18T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T14:34:10","slug":"temple-dargah-grant-boat-club-rd-residents-prayers-silence-pune-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=52154","title":{"rendered":"Temple, Dargah grant Boat Club Rd Residents' prayers for silence | Pune Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following police warning, Tarakeshwar temple, Shahdal Baba Dargah agree to stop using loudspeakers for azaan and bhajans, in keeping with SC norms<\/em><\/strong>
\nWith the use of loudspeakers at places of worship yet to come under thorough regulation, those living close to these spots are often plagued by the noise.
\nIn a step in the right direction, however, residents of Boat Club Road had come forward with concerns regarding the azaan (call to prayer) from the Shahdal Baba Dargah and bhajans from the Tarakeshwar temple. After being issued a warning by the police, the trustees of both the establishments agreed to stop using loudspeakers.
\nThe temple is situated on a small hill in Yerwada while the dargah is on the Mula-Mutha river. Loudpeakers are used freely at both and had become anuisance to residents over the years.
\nResidents and members of the Boat Club Road Residents\u2019 Committee visited the Yerwada police station on March 11and the deputy commissioner of Zone IV a few days ago.
\nThe cops issued a written warning and the trustees took cognisance.
\nFor residents living in societies such as Jagannath, Dwarkadheesh Annexe, Riverside Villas, Czar Palace, etc., this has come as immense relief.
\n\u201cThe kirtan starts at 5 am at Tarakeshwar temple and we are forced to wake up at the same time due to the loudspeakers. The mosque is nearly 400 metres away and the temple around 700 metres. But, sounds travel easily, especially at 5 am. Then, there is azaan during the day,\u201d said Roda Mehta, a resident of the area who had approached the Yerwada police.
\n\u201cBoth places have loudspeakers and the bhajans and azaan are played at such high volume that the sound reaches even Boat Club Road. Since 2013, we have written to the Laxmi Nagar police chowky and the Yerwada police station. We even called the police control room but the problem persisted,\u201d Mehta added.
\nKripa Contracter, another resident, agreed, saying, \u201cWe met DCP (Zone IV) Dr Pravin Mundhe a few days ago regarding the noise problem. He had assured us that the problem would be solved.\u201d
\n\u201cThere are elderly people living in the area, many of whom have chronic illnesses. The rule is that loudspeakers should not be used between 10 pm and 6 am and this should not be flouted,\u201d Contractor added.
\nMukund Mahajan, senior PI, Yerwada police station, said, \u201cThe trustee of the temple and the maulana of the dargah were called on the same day. After oral instructions, we also issued written warnings asking them to follow the Supreme Court norms, along with a copy of the court order. If they are found violating the norms in future, stringent action will be taken.\u201d
\nShankar Rajguru, trustee of Tarakeshwar temple assured, \u201cBhajans will not be played on speakers anymore. We will follow the orders of the police and remove the speakers installed at the temple altogether.\u201d
\nHowever, Maulana Gulam Dastagir, of Shahadal Baba Dargah, said, \u201cThe dargah is on the other side of the river \u2014 how can the sound reach that distance? We don\u2019t even have loudspeakers installed on top of the dargah or outside. We have only two speakers inside, which are used at low volume.\u201d
\nHe also said that azaans are not performed at the dargah and are in fact played in the masjid next door. \u201cHowever, we will take extra care to ensure no norms are flouted from our end,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following police warning, Tarakeshwar temple, Shahdal Baba Dargah agree to stop using loudspeakers for azaan and bhajans, in keeping with SC norms With the use of loudspeakers at places of worship yet to come under thorough regulation, those living close to these spots are often plagued by the noise. In a step in the right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1627],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}