Gyanvapi mosque controversy: Why archaeological survey was requested?
1 year, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque controversy: Why archaeological survey was requested?

Live Mint  

“There should be no invasive or excavational work at the Gyanvapi mosque for for next two days,” Supreme Court court directed Archaeological Survey of India on Monday, while agreeing to hear a plea later today. The mosque's "wazookhana", where a structure claimed by the Hindu litigants to be a "Shivling" exists, will not be part of the survey, following an earlier Supreme Court order protecting that spot in the complex. In July, Justice DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court stated that the court would await the decision of the Varanasi District Judge on an application challenging a suit filed by five women seeking 'darshan' at Gyanvapi Mosque complex. The Hindu group sought an Archaeological Survey of India survey of the entire Gyanvapi mosque complex, opposed by the Muslims who feared damage.

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Gyanvapi Mosque Row | In View Of SC's Interim Order, Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Seeking Further ASI Survey
6 days, 7 hours ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Row | In View Of SC's Interim Order, Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Seeking Further ASI Survey

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today adjourned two pleas seeking similar reliefs to direct the Archaeological Survey of India to undertake further surveys at Gyanvapi Mosque premises in view of the Supreme Court's Dec 12 interim order restraining courts from passing any effective interim or final orders, including orders for a survey. While the first petition filed by Rakhi Singh requests …

SC to decide on maintainability of Gyanvapi case under 1991 act
1 month ago

SC to decide on maintainability of Gyanvapi case under 1991 act

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday highlighted the necessity of determining the legal maintainability of a suit — in light of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 — filed by a group of Hindu women seeking the right to worship Hindu deities within the Gyanvapi mosque complex, even as it expressed reservations about transferring the trial of all related suits from …

Supreme Court Seeks Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Response On Plea For ASI Survey Of Sealed Area
1 month ago

Supreme Court Seeks Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Response On Plea For ASI Survey Of Sealed Area

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Gyanvapi Masjid Committee to an application filed by Hindu worshippers for an ASI survey of the sealed area of the mosque.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the Committee of Management, Anjuman Intezemia Masajid sought the response of the Gyanvapi Masjid Committee to an …

Gyanvapi wazukhana survey: Allahabad HC asks petitioner to file affidavit
3 months ago

Gyanvapi wazukhana survey: Allahabad HC asks petitioner to file affidavit

Hindustan Times  

In a matter seeking ASI survey of ‘wazukhana’ area except the Shivalinga inside the Gyanvapi mosque, the Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed the petitioner’s counsel to file a supplementary affidavit bringing on record the application moved by one of the plaintiffs Laxmi Devi earlier for the scientific investigation/survey of the protected area, which was decided by the apex court …

Plea for additional ASI survey of Gyanvapi: Next hearing on Sept 23
3 months ago

Plea for additional ASI survey of Gyanvapi: Next hearing on Sept 23

Hindustan Times  

A Varanasi court on Wednesday fixed September 23 for the next hearing on the plea which seeks an additional survey of the Gyanvapi mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India. An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi The fast track court of the civil judge, Yughul Shambhu passed …

Gyanvapi Management Tells Allahabad HC ASI Survey of Wazukhana Not Permissible
4 months ago

Gyanvapi Management Tells Allahabad HC ASI Survey of Wazukhana Not Permissible

Deccan Chronicle  

Prayagraj: An ASI survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque Wazukhana is not permissible as there is a Supreme Court order that the area should be preserved, the mosque management committee has told the Allahabad High Court.The Anjuman Intezamia Committee Thursday filed its counter-affidavit before the Allahabad HC in the matter seeking a survey of the Wazukhana by the Archaeological Survey of …

Bhojshala survey: Muslim petitioner demands submission of video evidence in court
5 months, 1 week ago

Bhojshala survey: Muslim petitioner demands submission of video evidence in court

The Hindu  

After the Archeological Survey of India submitted its report in the Madhya Pradesh High Court of the survey at the Bhojshala Complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar, the Hindu petitioners exerted confidence in their case while the Muslim petitioners alleged violations on the part of the surveying team. The ASI, after a 98-day-long survey of the disputed site known as Bhojshala …

ASI report links MP’s Bhojshala with temple
5 months, 1 week ago

ASI report links MP’s Bhojshala with temple

Hindustan Times  

The Archaeological Survey of India told the Madhya Pradesh high court that the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula masjid in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district was built from the remains of earlier temples and the existing mosque at the site came up centuries later, adding the disputed structure to a string of similar conflicts roiling India for decades. “Based on scientific investigations, survey …

Bhojshala dispute: ASI submits 2,000-page survey report | Check details of findings
5 months, 1 week ago

Bhojshala dispute: ASI submits 2,000-page survey report | Check details of findings

India TV News  

The Archaeological Survey of India 's scientific survey report of the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal-Maula mosque complex which was submitted Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court reportedly revealed that there were 97 statues, including 37 Hindu deities inside the complex. Here are highlights of the purported findings The scientific survey conducted in a radius of 500 meters 97 idols have …

MP: High court grants 8-week extension to survey in disputed Bhojshala complex
7 months, 3 weeks ago

MP: High court grants 8-week extension to survey in disputed Bhojshala complex

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday granted a plea by Archaeological Survey of India for an eight-week-extension to its ongoing survey in the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar district in the state. A division bench of the high court on Monday ordered the ASI to submit a complete report on the scientific survey of the …

Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex | ASI seeks 8 weeks to complete survey of disputed monument
8 months ago

Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex | ASI seeks 8 weeks to complete survey of disputed monument

The Hindu  

The Archaeological Survey of India, which is conducting a scientific survey at the medieval-era Bhojshala complex in Dhar district on the Madhya Pradesh High Court's direction, has sought eight more weeks to complete the exercise. The ASI, in an application filed before the Indore bench of the high court on Monday, said it needed some more time to understand the …

Hindu Group Finds Staircase to Basement in Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Hindu Group Finds Staircase to Basement in Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A representative of a Hindu outfit has claimed that signs of a staircase leading to a basement have been discovered at the controversial Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. Gopal Sharma, a spokesperson for the Hindu outfit, shared findings from the ongoing ASI survey, stating, "Signs of a basement and staircase were found in …

Supreme Court refuses to stay ASI's 'scientific survey' of Bhojshala complex in MP's Dhar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court refuses to stay ASI's 'scientific survey' of Bhojshala complex in MP's Dhar

India TV News  

In a recent development, the Supreme Court has opted not to issue a stay on the “scientific survey” of the Bhojshala complex located in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district. Background: High Court directive The decision comes after the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a scientific survey at the Bhojshala Temple cum Kamal Maula Mosque. …

Supreme Court refuses to pause ongoing archaeological survey of Bhojshala complex
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court refuses to pause ongoing archaeological survey of Bhojshala complex

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to halt the ongoing survey of the Bhojshala Temple-cum-Kamal Maula Mosque complex being conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India. However, in an interim order on the plea challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court's directive for the ASI survey, the top court specified that the ASI must refrain from any physical excavation that alters …

SC to hear on Apr 1 Gyanvapi committee's plea against allowing puja in cellar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC to hear on Apr 1 Gyanvapi committee's plea against allowing puja in cellar

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on April 1 a Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower court's order allowing Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the mosque. The high court had dismissed the committee's plea in which it had challenged the district court's January 31 order allowing Hindus …

Archaeological survey begins at Bhojshala complex in Dhar
9 months ago

Archaeological survey begins at Bhojshala complex in Dhar

Hindustan Times  

A team of the Archaeological Survey of India on Friday began a scientific survey of Bhojshala, a protected 11th-century monument in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, as the Supreme Court refused to interfere with a high court order on the exercise at the contentious site. Security personnel stand guard outside Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque complex after a team of the Archaeological Survey …

High Court orders MP's 11th-century Bhojshala’s survey on Hindu group’s plea
9 months, 1 week ago

High Court orders MP's 11th-century Bhojshala’s survey on Hindu group’s plea

Hindustan Times  

The Madhya Pradesh high court’s Indore bench on Monday asked the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a scientific survey of Bhojshala, a protected 11th-century monument, in Dhar within six weeks. Hindu Front for Justice filed a petition in the high court in May 2022 against the offering of namaz at Bhojshala and sought a survey to determine the “real …

It's not a controversy, it’s a contemporary issue: Author Vikram Sampath on Kashi’s Gyanvapi
9 months, 1 week ago

It's not a controversy, it’s a contemporary issue: Author Vikram Sampath on Kashi’s Gyanvapi

New Indian Express  

He began this project with the intention of writing the legal history and later expanded the scope of his work. “It takes a larger canvas, which looks at the scriptural and the spiritual significance of Kashi in the Indian consciousness with historical records of the past, accounts of travellers, British colonial records, and court documents, both pre and post-Independence because …

HC directs ASI to hold survey of disputed temple-mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh
9 months, 1 week ago

HC directs ASI to hold survey of disputed temple-mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday directed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a scientific survey of the centuries old Bhojshala Temple-cum-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district of western MP. While the ASI protected complex has long been considered by Hindus as the 11th century Bhojshala Saraswati Temple, Muslims claim it to be …

Court allows Archaeological Survey of India survey of 'disputed' Bhojshala complex
9 months, 1 week ago

Court allows Archaeological Survey of India survey of 'disputed' Bhojshala complex

India Today  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday allowed a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India of the 'disputed' Bhojshala complex in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district. A bench of Justices Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Devnarayan Mishra ordered a complete scientific investigation, survey and excavation of the Bhojshala complex. An ASI order issued on April 7, 2003 allows the Hindus to …

Sealed cellars, hidden origin: Why what's beneath Gyanvapi sparks intrigue
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sealed cellars, hidden origin: Why what's beneath Gyanvapi sparks intrigue

India Today  

The Allahabad High Court has decided that Hindu prayers will continue in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, dismissing a challenge to the recently instated practice. The controversy centres around "Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana", a cellar where Shailendra Kumar Pathak, citing lineage and tradition, sought permission to resume Hindu worship practices halted since December 1993. However, the …

Gyanvapi Case: Muslim Side Moves SC Challenging Allahabad HC's Order Allowing Suit Seeking Temple Restoration
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Case: Muslim Side Moves SC Challenging Allahabad HC's Order Allowing Suit Seeking Temple Restoration

News 18  

The Muslim side on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court’s last year order turning down five suits filed by the mosque committee and Sunni Waqf Board in the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title dispute case. The Gyanvapi Mosque committee challenged the high court’s December 19, 2023 order setting a six-month deadline for completion of proceedings in the …

Gyanvapi case : Allahabad High Court dismisses plea, Puja to continue in Gyanvapi’s cellar
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case : Allahabad High Court dismisses plea, Puja to continue in Gyanvapi’s cellar

The Hindu  

Puja will continue in the southern cellar of the Varanasi-based Gyanvapi mosque as the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging a district court’s order to allow prayers. The Varanasi district court on January 31 allowed prayers inside the ‘Vyas Ka Tehkhana’ area of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, adjoining the Kashi …

Fresh plea seeks ASI survey of entire Gyanvapi premises
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh plea seeks ASI survey of entire Gyanvapi premises

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi, the next friend of Swayambhu Adi Vishweshwara, has moved a fresh plea before the fast track court seeking an ASI survey of the entire Gyanvapi mosque area, including ablution water tank and closed cellars under three domes in compliance with the Allahabad High Court order. The fast track court of civil judge Prashant Kumar Singh …

Varanasi court to hear plea for ASI survey of all cellars in Gyanvapi mosque
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Varanasi court to hear plea for ASI survey of all cellars in Gyanvapi mosque

The Hindu  

The Varanasi district court on Tuesday fixed February 15 to hear an application seeking a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India in the remaining cellars inside the Gyanvapi mosque. The petitioner, Rakhi Singh, is also one of the main petitioners in the Shringar Gauri case, which led to the survey of the mosque complex by the ASI last year. …

Gyanvapi dispute: Varanasi court to hear Hindu call for survey, Muslim protest against Puja in cellar today
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Gyanvapi dispute: Varanasi court to hear Hindu call for survey, Muslim protest against Puja in cellar today

India TV News  

The ongoing Gyanvapi Mosque complex dispute in Varanasi takes a new turn as legal proceedings intensify. The Varanasi district court is scheduled to address the Hindu side's plea today, demanding an Archaeological Survey of India survey for the closed cellars, specifically the tehkhana within the disputed complex. Simultaneously, the Allahabad High Court is set to hear the Muslim side's opposition …

Fresh application in court for ASI survey of all the remaining cellars in Gyanvapi mosque
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh application in court for ASI survey of all the remaining cellars in Gyanvapi mosque

The Hindu  

Days after a district court allowed puja inside one of the cellars of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, a Hindu plaintiff on Monday moved a fresh application before the court, seeking that directions be given to the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a thorough survey of the remaining cellars inside the disputed structure. 1 in the pending Shringar Gauri …

Gyanvapi issue: Hindu side seeks ASI survey of remaining cellars
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Gyanvapi issue: Hindu side seeks ASI survey of remaining cellars

India Today  

A Hindu petitioner has moved a trial court in Varanasi, seeking directions to the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of remaining cellars in the Gyanvapi complex. Firstly, it requests the ASI to undertake surveys of the remaining cellars whose entrances are blocked. The plaintiff highlights that some cellars remain unsurveyed due to blocked entrances, although these blockages …

Hindu priest offers prayers at cellar of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hindu priest offers prayers at cellar of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi

The Hindu  

A priest designated by the Kashi Vishwanath temple performed prayers at a cellar known as ‘Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana’ inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi on Thursday after a district court ordered the local administration to unseal the premises which was sealed in 1993 on the orders of the then Samajwadi Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh government. Editorial | Legitimising revanchism: On …

VHP reacts to Varanasi court's Gyanvapi order; Uma Bharti suggests 'final solution'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

VHP reacts to Varanasi court's Gyanvapi order; Uma Bharti suggests 'final solution'

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Reacting to a Varanasi court's order on the Gyanvapi mosque, BJP leader Uma Bharti on Wednesday demanded that temples should be built in Kashi and Mathura at the "original places". Varanasi's district court today granted the permission to the family of a priest to worship Hindu Gods in the Gyanvapi mosque's cellar. VHP working president Alok Kumar said: …

Varanasi court permits Hindu worship inside sealed basement of Gyanvapi mosque; masjid committee to appeal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Varanasi court permits Hindu worship inside sealed basement of Gyanvapi mosque; masjid committee to appeal

The Hindu  

The Varanasi District Court on Wednesday allowed Hindu prayers to be offered inside the Vyas Ka Tekhana of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Puja arrangements in seven days The order permitting prayers to resume came on the last working day of district judge Ajay Krishna Vishwesha, who has been hearing multiple pleas related to worship rights in the Gyanvapi mosque. VHP …

Atiq ur Rehman says Muslims should be credited for not destroying evidence of temple underneath Gyanvapi Masjid
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Atiq ur Rehman says Muslims should be credited for not destroying evidence of temple underneath Gyanvapi Masjid

Op India  

On Monday, Islamic scholar Atiq ur Rehman attempted to downplay the desecration of Hindu temples by Islamic invaders and claimed that the Muslim community should be credited for not destroying evidence of mosques being built atop Hindu temples. Afterwards, there are two more monuments which are built upon our Krishna’s birth place and Kashi Viswanath.” Atiq ur Rehman concedes that …

Hindu side files new Supreme Court plea on Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hindu side files new Supreme Court plea on Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi

Hindustan Times  

Four Hindu women moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking the excavation and scientific survey of a sealed section of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, four days after an Archaeological Survey of India report concluded that a large Hindu temple existed before the construction of the mosque in a boost for the Hindu petitioners in the decades-old case. READ | …

‘ASI Ki Report Kya Batati hai’: CM Adityanath’s 1st Remark On Gyanvapi Mosque Case ASI Report
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘ASI Ki Report Kya Batati hai’: CM Adityanath’s 1st Remark On Gyanvapi Mosque Case ASI Report

News 18  

Days after the Archaeological Survey of India report on the Gyanvapi Mosque complex became public, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has now shared his views, saying “Abhi apne Varanasi ka dekha hoga, Varanasi mein, Kashi Vishwanath mein, Gyanvapi mein, ASI ki report samane aayi hai. ASI ki report kya batati hai, bahut kuch apke samne udharan prastut karta hain,” …

Citing ASI report, VHP asks Muslim side to hand over Gyanvapi structure to Hindus
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Citing ASI report, VHP asks Muslim side to hand over Gyanvapi structure to Hindus

Hindustan Times  

Two days after the Archaeological Survey of India survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex was made public, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Saturday demanded that the structure be declared as a Hindu temple and urged the Muslim side to hand it over. On Thursday, Vishnu Shankar Jain, who represents the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath case, said that …

Gyanvapi Case: VHP Calls for Handover of 'Original' Kashi Vishwanath Site, Says Mosque Must be Moved
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Case: VHP Calls for Handover of 'Original' Kashi Vishwanath Site, Says Mosque Must be Moved

News 18  

The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Saturday said the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, representing the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi case, must hand over the original site of the Kashi Vishwanath temple to the Hindu side. The Hindutva outfit said handing over the site and “respectfully” moving the Gyanvapi mosque to another “appropriate place” will be “righteous action” on part of …

Gyanvapi mosque committee should handover structure to Hindus: VHP chief
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi mosque committee should handover structure to Hindus: VHP chief

The Hindu  

Anjum Intezamia Masjid Commitee, the trust which looks after the management of Varanasi-based Gyanvapi mosque, should agree to ‘respectfully’ shift the Gyanvapi mosque to another appropriate place and to hand over the original site of ‘Kashi Vishvanatha’ to the Hindu Society, said the international working president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Alok Kumar. The evidence collected by the ASI from the …

Lavanya Ballal Jain displays ignorance about 'ASI survey' in Gyanvapi mosque. Here is what it means
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Lavanya Ballal Jain displays ignorance about 'ASI survey' in Gyanvapi mosque. Here is what it means

Op India  

On Thursday, Congress spokesperson Lavanya Ballal Jain took to X to take potshots at right-wing intellectuals over the findings of the Archaeological Survey of India from the site of the disputed Gyanvapi mosque. 😂😂😂 Now she proved that her leader is Pappu @RahulGandhi — Gaurav🇮🇳 January 27, 2024 Archaeological survey in the context of the disputed Gyanvapi mosque An archaeological …

VHP demands Gyanvapi mosque be handed over to Hindu community, citing ASI survey
10 months, 3 weeks ago

VHP demands Gyanvapi mosque be handed over to Hindu community, citing ASI survey

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Saturday demanded the Muslim community to hand over the Gyanvapi community to the Hindu community by claiming that the ASI report has "reconfirmed" that the mosque in Varanasi was constructed after "demolishing a temple" at the site. In a statement issued on Saturday, VHP's international working president, Alok Kumar, said that the evidence …

Explained: Decoding ASI’s Gyanvapi mosque survey report
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Explained: Decoding ASI’s Gyanvapi mosque survey report

Hindustan Times  

A report by the Archaeological Survey of India has said that a large Hindu temple existed before the construction of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, signifying a tipping point in the contentious community conflict that may have far-reaching effects even as the trial of the underlying civil suit filed in 2021 is yet to commence. ASI report findings The extensive …

Muslim side says ASI’s report on Gyanvapi not final verdict: ‘Responsibility to keep mosque safe’
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Muslim side says ASI’s report on Gyanvapi not final verdict: ‘Responsibility to keep mosque safe’

Hindustan Times  

A survey by the Archaeological Survey of India which said that a large Hindu temple existed before the construction of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, is only a report and not a decision, the Muslim petitioners in the decades-old case said on Friday, adding that they’d study the document before deciding on their next move. The statement came even as …

Gyanvapi mosque panel reacts to ASI's 'pre-existing temple' finding, says 'not final word'
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi mosque panel reacts to ASI's 'pre-existing temple' finding, says 'not final word'

Hindustan Times  

Varanasi: The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee, which manages Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque situated adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, has reacted to the ASI survey report, saying the document is not a court judgment or “the final word”. The Archaeological Survey of India said in its report that the mosque had been built on the remains of a large Hindu temple. …

Asaduddin Owaisi's ‘handmaiden of Hindutva’ dig over ASI’s Gyanvapi survey report
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Asaduddin Owaisi's ‘handmaiden of Hindutva’ dig over ASI’s Gyanvapi survey report

Hindustan Times  

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday slammed the Archaeological Survey of India report after the Hindi-side petitioners claimed that a large Hindu temple existed before the construction of the Gyanvapi Masjid, located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, citing the report. As a great scholar once said 'ASI is the handmaiden of Hindutva'.” On Thursday, …

‘Pre-existing’ Hindu temple findings emerge in Gyanvapi case: 10 points
10 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Pre-existing’ Hindu temple findings emerge in Gyanvapi case: 10 points

Live Mint  

The Varanasi district court has decided to provide both litigants with the Archaeological Survey of India survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex. According to Jain, the survey affirms the presence of a substantial Hindu Temple predating the construction of the current structure at the Gyanvapi mosque complex. As reported by ANI, the ASI report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex …

There existed a Hindu temple prior to construction of Gyanvapi mosque: Archaeological Survey of India
10 months, 4 weeks ago

There existed a Hindu temple prior to construction of Gyanvapi mosque: Archaeological Survey of India

The Hindu  

The western wall of the Gyanvapi mosque located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is the remaining part of a pre-existing Hindu temple, says the ground penetrating radar survey report of the structure prepared by the Archaeological Survey of India. The ASI report concluded that it can be said there existed a Hindu temple prior to the construction of the existing structure, …

Temple existed at Gyanvapi: Hindu side cites ASI survey
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Temple existed at Gyanvapi: Hindu side cites ASI survey

Hindustan Times  

A report by the Archaeological Survey of India found that a large Hindu temple existed before the construction of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, lawyers for the Hindu petitioners in the decades-old case announced on Thursday, marking a decisive turn in the fractious communal dispute that will have sweeping ramifications. “The Arabic-Persian inscription found inside a room mentions that the …

Gyanvapi case: Lawyer says ASI survey found remnants of Hindu temple in Varanasi mosque
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: Lawyer says ASI survey found remnants of Hindu temple in Varanasi mosque

Hindustan Times  

Varanasi: Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, who is representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi Masjid-Kashi Vishwanath temple case, on Thursday claimed the Archaeological Survey of India has found remnants of a large Hindu temple inside the Varanasi mosque. Citing the 839-page ASI survey report, he said the mosque – which stands adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir – was built …

Large Hindu Temple Existed Before Gyanvapi Mosque Was Built, Reveals ASI Report
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Large Hindu Temple Existed Before Gyanvapi Mosque Was Built, Reveals ASI Report

News 18  

A large Hindu temple existed before the construction of Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, said Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the case while reading out the report from the Archaeological Survey of India’s survey. #WATCH | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, gives details on the Gyanvapi case.He says, “The ASI …

Gyanvapi case: Grand Hindu temple existed before mosque, Hindu side lawyer quotes ASI survey
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: Grand Hindu temple existed before mosque, Hindu side lawyer quotes ASI survey

India TV News  

Gyanvapi case: A grand Hindu temple existed prior to the construction of the existing structure in the Gyanvapi complex, the Archaeological Survey of India has mentioned in its survey report, informed Hindu Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain. "Based on scientific studies/survey carried out study of architectural remains, exposed features and artefacts inscriptions, art and sculptures, it can be said that there …

Can be said that Hindu temple existed before: Survey report on Gyanvapi mosque
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Can be said that Hindu temple existed before: Survey report on Gyanvapi mosque

India Today  

The Archaeological Survey of India report revealed that a large Hindu temple may have once existed at the site of Gyanvapi mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, a senior lawyer, representing the Hindu side, said after receiving a detailed survey report. In the press briefing on Thursday, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, said, "The ASI has stated that …

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