What happened: Multiple temples in Karnataka, India, reportedly played Hanuman Chalisa and other Hindu songs around 5 a.m. to counter the Muslim call to Fajr azaan. Details: Srirama Bhajane, Hanuman Chalisa, Mantrapatana, and Mantra were heard in temples across Karnataka, including Bengaluru, Belgaum, Dharwad, Mysuru, Mandya, and Kalaburagi. Previously, Muslim mosques were told to turn down their volume of prayers or else Hindutvas will chant their sermons at the time of azaan. The preachers agreed to the restriction as 900 loudspeakers placed in mosques were removed across the country to avoid ‘communal violence.’ According to news agency named PTI, Muthalik, the chief of Sri Ram Sene, stated that the Hanuman Chalisa, Suprabhata, Omkara, or any Hindu devotional music will be played at 5am in over 1,000 temples across Karnataka.