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The intervening application was filed on behalf of five women, who had filed the petition seeking permission to be allowed to pray at “a Shringar Gauri Sthal” inside the complex.
The Allahabad High Court held that scientific investigation to ascertain whether the object found during the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises is a Shiva linga or a fountain, can be done without damaging the object
Setting aside the Varanasi District Court order that rejected a plea for scientific investigation of the shivling-like structure in the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple, the Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered determination of the age of the structure using
The court ordered authorities to ensure no harm is done to the structure, the Hindu petitioners claim is a shivling. The mosque authorities say it is part of a fountain in the 'wazu khana', where ablutions are performed before namaz. The mosque was built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1699
Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra passed the order on a revision petition challenging the Varanasi court order