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.