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Petitions by five women asking to be allowed to pray at a Hindu shrine behind Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque complex is building up into a flashpoint in Uttar Pradesh. Reports said one of the women may withdraw her plea but she later said she wouldn't.
A survey at Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi was stalled amid protests on Saturday. The court will continue its hearing in the matter on Tuesday.
The Gyanvapi Masjid adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir in Varanasi has long been at the centre of a multi-layered legal battle. As the masjid-mandir dispute heats up once again, here is what you need to know:
While the survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi was halted on Saturday, videographers told Aaj Tak/India Today that the ancient traces of two swastikas (卐) were seen near the mosque.
The survey outside Gyanvapi Masjid in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex was stopped on Saturday after the lawyers were denied entry into the mosque.