Gyanvyapi Mosque Case: On May 12, the Allahabad High Court ordered the use of scientific methods, including carbon dating, to determine the age of the structure found inside the Gynavapi mosque complex
The Varanasi district court today admitted a plea for carbon-dating of a "Shivling" claimed to have been found inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi and asked the mosque management to file its objections by the next date of hearing.
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