UP: Gyanvapi mosque, Kashi Vishwanath temple engage in land swap SECTIONS Last Updated: Jul 25, 2021, 01:09 PM IST Share Synopsis The land given to the temple is part of the property of the Waqf Board. As it could not be bought, a plot which was equal in value was handed over to the masjid committee, Verma said. Agencies The suit was filed in 1991 seeking restoration of the ancient temple at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque currently stands. The committee governing the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi has given 1,700 sq feet of land outside the mosque to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust in exchange for a piece of land measuring 1,000 sq feet. Both the plots are equal in value, Sunil Verma, Chief Executive Officer of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust said.