When the king of the Holiest Muslim city met the king of the Holiest Hindu city. December 1955 #Babhan_Heritage
In December 1955, King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia visited Varanasi during a historic 17-day tour of India. He was welcomed in a grand ceremonial elephant procession alongside the Kashi Naresh (Maharaja of Banaras), Vibhuti Narayan Singh near the Ganges at Ramnagar Fort.
The Nehru govt took him in a ceremonial procession on an elephant back in Varanasi. He also visited the Indian Military Academy at Khadakvasala and presented a sword made of gold to its commandant.
A viral Social Media rumour surrounding King Saud’s 1955 visit alleges that Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru ordered local Hindu temples to be covered up to avoid offending the Saudi monarch, however Independent fact-checkers and historians have thoroughly investigated these claims and found them to be entirely false and fabricated.
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