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.