The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has filed an application in the Varanasi district court urging the Judge to postpone the disclosure of its Gyanvapi mosque survey report for four weeks.In response to the plea, the court reserved its .
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The Waqf Board and the Gyanvapi mosque committee had claimed that a 1991 plea by the Hindu side was barred under the Places of Worship Act. Here's what the Act is, and what the HC said.
Updated Apr 09, 2021 | 11:43 IST
Along with the ASI survey, the court also ordered the setup of a five-member committee comprising experts in archaeology, two of which, it noted, should ideally hail from a minority community. A Varanasi court has ordered an ASI survey to be undertaken at the site of the Gyanvapi mosque. | Photo Credit: PTI
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Petitioner for the temple s side, Vijay Shankar Rastogi, in collaboration with four others, has claimed that the Gyanvapi Mosque had been built in 1669 following Aurangzeb razing a temple of Lord Vishweshwar
According to the petitioners, the temple that stood there was built 2,050 years ago by King Vikramaditya and had suffered demolition numerous times during Muslim rule in India
Court Revives Dormant Dispute, asks ASI to Survey Gyanvapi Mosque Next to Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Though a 1991 law bars the conversion of places of worship, the court has ordered the formation of a five-member committee to identify any traces of a pre-existing temple at the mosque site.
Gyanvapi mosque. Photo: Kabir Agarwal/The Wire
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New Delhi:Â A Varanasi civil court on Thursday ordered the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to ‘survey’ the Gyanvapi Mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple after petitioners representing the temple claimed that the land on which the mosque stood actually belonged to them.