The VHP has demanded that the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi be declared a Hindu temple and handed over to the Hindu community. The ASI survey report confirms that the mosque was built after demolishing a "magnificent temple" at the site. VHP working president Alok Kumar claims that the evidence collected and conclusions provided by the ASI prove that the religious character of the place of worship existed on August 15, 1947, and is now of a Hindu Temple.