A new petition has been filed in a Varanasi court seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims to the Gyanvapi Mosque complex. The petition, filed by the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, was admitted by the court of civil judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar. The matter is likely to be taken up today.
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Gyanvapi radar archaeological survey ordered The directive comes on a 30-year-old petition that claimed a temple existed under the mosque at the site
A Varanasi court has asked the central government to conduct an archaeological survey of the Gyanvapi area through radar technology, the directive coming on a 30-year-old petition that claimed a temple existed under the mosque at the site.
A lawyer for the Muslim side said the order on a controversy that carries echoes of the Ayodhya dispute would be challenged in high court.
The Gyanvapi mosque shares a compound with the Kashi Vishwanath temple. Sangh parivar outfits claim that Mughal emperor Aurangzeb had got a part of the Kashi Vishwanath temple demolished in 1669 and had the mosque built over a well that contained a Shivalinga.