Devotees carrying garlands were seen performing ‘Saraswati Vandana’ and chanting mantras at the monument, protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

The Indore bench of HC, which was hearing the matter, also observed that the Muslim community, which identifies the 11th-century monument as the Kamal Maula Mosque, may approach the state government for allotment of separate land in the district for construction of a mosque