OPINION | GYANVAPI: BOTH HINDUS, MUSLIMS MUST EXERCISE UTMOST RESTRAINT
10 months, 3 weeks ago

OPINION | GYANVAPI: BOTH HINDUS, MUSLIMS MUST EXERCISE UTMOST RESTRAINT

India TV News  

After a gap of 31 years, worship of Shringar Gauri and other deities resumed inside the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi, in the early hours of Thursday. This follows an order from District Judge Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha allowing prayers inside the cellar, which had been locked after the Babri mosque demolition in Ayodhya. On Friday, the Allahabad High Court refused to give relief to the Muslims side, represented by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, seeking a stay on pooja being performed inside the cellar. On early Thursday morning, the Muslim side approached the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, seeking an urgent hearing, but the apex court directed them to first file an appeal before the High Court.

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Muslim religious leaders say Yogi’s Gyanvapi comment is irresponsible; Congress says it amounts to contempt of judiciary
3 months, 1 week ago

Muslim religious leaders say Yogi’s Gyanvapi comment is irresponsible; Congress says it amounts to contempt of judiciary

The Hindu  

Reacting sharply to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s statement that Gyanvapi, “called a mosque by some”, is the Hindu deity Lord Vishwanath, Muslim religious leaders from U.P. Amid this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s statement that refers to it as a Vishwanath temple does not befit his position. People holding top positions must refrain from issuing statements that create division …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: In Setback For Muslim Side, SC Refuses To Halt Prayers At Vyas Tehkhana
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: In Setback For Muslim Side, SC Refuses To Halt Prayers At Vyas Tehkhana

News 18  

Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt Hindu prayers at Vyas Tehkhana in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, situated in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi. The bench, however, said that Muslims can enter mosque unhindered from the northern side to offer namaz while priests of the Kashi Vishwanath temple trust would take southern entry to perform puja in the cellar. The apex court …

Supreme Court allows Hindu worship to continue at Gyanvapi premises
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court allows Hindu worship to continue at Gyanvapi premises

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed petitions filed by the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute, thus, allowing the Hindu community to continue worship at the cellar. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra ordered the Hindu and Muslim sides to maintain the status quo at the Gyanvapi premises to …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Hindus Can Continue Prayers in Cellar, Allahabad HC Dismisses Muslim Side Plea
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Hindus Can Continue Prayers in Cellar, Allahabad HC Dismisses Muslim Side Plea

News 18  

In a big victory for the Hindu side, the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the Gyanvapi Mosque committee’s appeals challenging the Varanasi district judge’s orders allowing ‘Puja’ inside the ‘Vyas ka Tehkhana’. Muslim Side Plea In Allahabad HC Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which looks after the affairs of the mosque adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple, had moved the …

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court rejects Muslim side's pleas, Hindu prayers to continue in cellar
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court rejects Muslim side's pleas, Hindu prayers to continue in cellar

India TV News  

In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court has dismissed the petitions filed by the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute. The court dismissed appeals made by the mosque's management committee challenging the Varanasi district judge's orders concerning the mosque's "Vyas Tehkhana" or southern cellar. Key points Dismissal of appeals: The high court rejected appeals brought forth by the …

TMC MLA Siddiqullah Chowdhury threatens Yogi Adityanath over Hindus praying at Gyanvapi
10 months, 1 week ago

TMC MLA Siddiqullah Chowdhury threatens Yogi Adityanath over Hindus praying at Gyanvapi

Op India  

The district court of Varanasi’s decision to allow Hindus to pray in the Vyas cellar of the Gyanvapi structure has ruffled the feathers of Mamata Banerjee’s minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury. The TMC leader even sought a ban on Hindus being allowed to do puja in the Gyanvapi structure and demanded that the Hindu worshippers “vacate the Gyanvapi mosque immediately”. Varanasi court …

TMC leader warns CM Yogi Adityanath over Hindu worship at Gyanvapi
10 months, 1 week ago

TMC leader warns CM Yogi Adityanath over Hindu worship at Gyanvapi

Live Mint  

Weeks after a Varanasi court allowed Hindu devotees to pray in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque, Trinamool Congress leader Siddiqullah Chowdhury asked the Hindu worshippers to vacate the mosque premises immediately. The remarks came after the Muslim side alleged a nexus between the state government and the Hindu parties in the case, questioning the presence of the advocate …

The Gyanvapi case and a sense of disquiet in Varanasi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Gyanvapi case and a sense of disquiet in Varanasi

The Hindu  

On a cool, sunny day in February — typical weather for this time in India’s Gangetic plains — loud chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’ ring through the air inside the heavily guarded Kashi Vishwanath temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, one of the oldest living cities in the world. “Jaldi aage badho,” says a policeman to a group of Muslim boys …

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 …

OPINION | GYANVAPI: AVOID POINTING FINGERS AT JUDICIARY
10 months, 3 weeks ago

OPINION | GYANVAPI: AVOID POINTING FINGERS AT JUDICIARY

India TV News  

The controversy over Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi is getting complicated with reports that eight idols have been placed in Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana below the complex. On Friday, clerics from All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Jamiat Ulama e Hind, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind said at a press conference, "enough is enough". Top Muslim community leaders Maulana Arshad Madani, principal of Darul …

Muslim leaders denounce Gyanvapi ruling, claim ‘faith in judiciary wearing thin’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslim leaders denounce Gyanvapi ruling, claim ‘faith in judiciary wearing thin’

The Hindu  

There was no temple where Jama Masjid or Gyanvapi Masjid stands in Varanasi. The Muslim leaders also expressed “disappointment with various lower level courts for failing to uphold the Places of Worship Act”, and accused the Executive of testing the patience of the Muslim youth. Islam does not permit destruction of another place of worship to build a mosque,” said …

Gyanvapi case: AIMPLB to move SC against Allahabad HC ruling, says 'Islam doesn't allow demolition of temples'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: AIMPLB to move SC against Allahabad HC ruling, says 'Islam doesn't allow demolition of temples'

India TV News  

As the Allahabad High Court refused to give any relief to the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Mosque case, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Friday expressed “shock” over the court’s ruling and alleged that the Muslim side was not given a chance to present its side on the matter. The AIMPLB said that they would move the …

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 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 …

Muslim side says ASI’s report on Gyanvapi not final verdict: ‘Responsibility to keep mosque safe’
10 months, 3 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 …

BJP's Giriraj Singh appeals to Muslim side: 'Hand over Gyanvapi mosque to Hindus'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP's Giriraj Singh appeals to Muslim side: 'Hand over Gyanvapi mosque to Hindus'

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: After the ASI survey found remnants of a temple in Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque, BJP leader and union minister Giriraj Singh said on Friday that the Muslim side should hand over the mosque to Hindus. Union minister Giriraj Singh said youths of the country will have to become Maharana Pratap. Singh said the youths of India will become Maharana …

‘1991 Act not violated’: Allahabad HC on Gyanvapi mosque pleas
1 year ago

‘1991 Act not violated’: Allahabad HC on Gyanvapi mosque pleas

Hindustan Times  

A bouquet of pleas filed by Hindu petitioners seeking worshipping rights inside the Gyanvapi Masjid complex and the removal of the mosque is not barred by the 1991 Places of Worship Act, the Allahabad high court ruled on Tuesday, marking a crucial turn in the decades-old dispute that will have reverberations across a raft of similarly sensitive cases. The high …

Allahabad HC says Gyanvapi title suit not barred by Places of Worship Act, rejects plea of Muslim side
1 year ago

Allahabad HC says Gyanvapi title suit not barred by Places of Worship Act, rejects plea of Muslim side

The Hindu  

The batch of civil suits pending before the Varanasi court, seeking right to worship in the Gyanvapi mosque and the restoration of the temple at the site, are “not barred by the Places of Worship Act of 1991”, said the Allahabad High Court on Monday. The court also noted that the Gyanvapi premises can either have a Hindu religious character …

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC allows suits seeking restoration of temple
1 year ago

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC allows suits seeking restoration of temple

Deccan Chronicle  

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas challenging the maintainability of a 1991 suit seeking the 'restoration' of a temple where the Gyanvapi mosque now exists in Varanasi, while observing that the 'religious character' of a disputed place can only be decided by the court. In an important observation, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said the Act did not …

Gyanvapi mosque controversy: Hindu outfit calls for out-of-court settlement
1 year, 4 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque controversy: Hindu outfit calls for out-of-court settlement

Firstpost  

Jitendra Singh Bisen, chief of Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, has written an open letter advocating an out-of-court settlement of the dispute. A Hindu outfit at the forefront of a legal battle on the Gyanvapi complex located next to Kashi Vishwanath temple has written an open letter inviting the Hindu and Muslim sides to hold talks to settle the Gyanvapi complex …

Incremental injustice: The Hindu Editorial on the Gyanvapi mosque survey
1 year, 4 months ago

Incremental injustice: The Hindu Editorial on the Gyanvapi mosque survey

The Hindu  

In upholding the conduct of a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India at the Gyanvapi mosque, the Allahabad High Court may have endorsed a surreptitious attempt to alter the character of the place of worship. Both the High Court and the Varanasi District Court, which ordered the ASI survey on July 21, had held earlier that the suit filed …

Gyanvapi gets a political edge
1 year, 4 months ago

Gyanvapi gets a political edge

Hindustan Times  

For almost two years now, a decades-old dispute between local Hindu and Muslim groups over the Gyanvapi Masjid that abuts the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi has held the national centre stage. The first petition in the ongoing legal battle was filed in 2021, and the case has become the most important one of what has informally come to be …

'Muslim side should accept its historical mistake and propose a solution': Yogi Adityanath on Gyanvapi
1 year, 4 months ago

'Muslim side should accept its historical mistake and propose a solution': Yogi Adityanath on Gyanvapi

India TV News  

Gyanvapi row: Amid the ongoing dispute between the Hindu and Muslim sides over the Gyanvapi mosque issue, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Gyanvapi complex cannot be called a mosque. Allahabad High Court verdict on Aug 3 The UP CM's interview comes even as the Allahabad High Court is set to deliver a verdict on a plea …

Gyanvapi mosque: Muslim side ‘boycotts’ as ASI conducts complex survey. 10 points
1 year, 4 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque: Muslim side ‘boycotts’ as ASI conducts complex survey. 10 points

Hindustan Times  

Forty people, including a 30-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India, entered the Gyanvapi complex on Monday morning to carry out a scientific survey in accordance with court orders to determine if the mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi was built upon a temple. Here are the latest updates on Gyanvapi mosque complex …

Gyanvapi mosque: ASI survey from today, panel moves top court
1 year, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque: ASI survey from today, panel moves top court

Hindustan Times  

A team of the Archaeological Survey of India will begin a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque on Monday even as the mosque management committee filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Varanasi district court’s order allowing the inspection, people aware of the matter said on Sunday. On Friday, the Varanasi district court ordered an extensive survey of the …

Gyanvapi mosque: HC junks Muslim side’s plea against right to worship
1 year, 6 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque: HC junks Muslim side’s plea against right to worship

Live Mint  

Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed the Muslim side's plea challenging the maintainability of five Hindu women worshippers' suit filed in Varanasi Court seeking the right to worship inside Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. "I hope that the day is not far when we will construct a grand Shiv temple there and the present structure will be removed," says Hari Shankar …

Gyanvapi mosque dispute: What's the case and what's expected to happen in Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Gyanvapi mosque dispute: What's the case and what's expected to happen in Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court’s bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, is set to hear the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute today, November 11. The case will be heard for the first time after the district court denied the Masjid Committee's motion to dismiss the suit filed by Hindu devotees seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi Mosque compound. The case presently before the …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Hearing To Resume Today After Varanasi Court’s Verdict To Continue With Hindu Side’s Plea
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Hearing To Resume Today After Varanasi Court’s Verdict To Continue With Hindu Side’s Plea

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Varanasi District and Sessions court will today resume the hearing on Gyanvapi Mosque-Gauri Shringar case days after it decided to continue hearing the Hindu side’s plea seeking permission for daily worship of Shringar Gauri shrine inside the mosque complex next to Kashi Vishwanath temple. Referring to Supreme Court’s decision in its application, the Muslim side demanded that …

Varanasi court rejects Muslim side's petition: A look back at Gyanvapi mosque's disputed past since 1936
2 years, 3 months ago

Varanasi court rejects Muslim side's petition: A look back at Gyanvapi mosque's disputed past since 1936

Firstpost  

Five Hindu women had filed a case seeking permission to worship and perform rituals inside the premises of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque. The ownership of the premises has long been disputed — dating back to 1936 A Varanasi district court has rejected the petition of the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Masjid case and said that the suit filed by five …

Gyanvapi Mosque case: The Timeline
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi Mosque case: The Timeline

Live Mint  

The fate of the more than three decades-old issue of the Gyanvapi Mosque case will be decided on Monday when the Varanasi court will pronounce its orders on a plea challenging the maintainability of the suit. 2019: The issue was revived when a person named Rastogi filed a plea on behalf of Swayambhu Jyotirlinga Bhagwan Vishweshwar in Varanasi district court …

Gyanvapi Case: 'Win' for Hindu Side as Varanasi Court Says Plea for Worship Maintainable
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi Case: 'Win' for Hindu Side as Varanasi Court Says Plea for Worship Maintainable

News 18  

In a ‘victory’ for the Hindu side, a court in Varanasi on Monday agreed to hear a petition by five Hindu women seeking the right to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple. One of these petitioners was Vijay Shankar Rastogi, a lawyer from Varanasi, who filed a plea in the lower court as the …

India court allows plea seeking Hindu prayers at Gyanvapi Mosque
2 years, 3 months ago

India court allows plea seeking Hindu prayers at Gyanvapi Mosque

Al Jazeera  

A court in India’s northern town of Varanasi has rejected a Muslim organisation’s plea challenging a request by some Hindu worshippers to hold daily prayers at a 17th-century mosque. Reports earlier this year claimed a court-mandated survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque – leaked to the media – discovered a “shivalinga”, a phallic representation of the Hindu god Shiva, inside the …

Gyanvapi dispute: Hindu side concludes, Masjid panel to rebut on Monday
2 years, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi dispute: Hindu side concludes, Masjid panel to rebut on Monday

The Hindu  

In the ongoing Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute, lead plaintiff Rakhi Singh on Thursday concluded submissions opposing the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee’s application challenging the maintainability of their suit. Advocate Shivam Gaur, one of the lawyers appearing for Ms. Singh, said, “We reiterated our arguments on why the masjid panel’s application does not stand and submitted that our suit in …

Gyanvapi outcome will set a precedent
2 years, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi outcome will set a precedent

Hindustan Times  

This week, the Supreme Court will hear two important petitions related to the Gyanvapi mosque dispute. The first, filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the 17th-century structure, to nullify a controversial survey of the complex ordered by a local civil court, and the second by a Hindu lawyer asking for rights to pray before a shivling discovered …

Gyanvapi mosque hearing to resume at UP court today, Hindu side to continue argument
2 years, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque hearing to resume at UP court today, Hindu side to continue argument

India Today  

Hearing in the Gyanvapi Masjid-Shringar Gauri Mandir case will resume at 2 pm on Thursday at the Varanasi District Court, Uttar Pradesh, as the Hindu petitioners present their arguments. On Wednesday, the Hindu side’s lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain referred to an old case on the Right to Worship Act in the Supreme Court. The Varanasi district court is hearing arguments …

Gyanvapi mosque case | Land belongs to Hindu deity Aadi Vishweshwar Mahadev, says counsel for petitioners
2 years, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque case | Land belongs to Hindu deity Aadi Vishweshwar Mahadev, says counsel for petitioners

The Hindu  

The Places of Worship Act, 1991, does not apply in the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex case and Hindus should be allowed to offer prayers there, the counsel for petitioners told a district court on July 13 while arguing on the maintainability of the case. District government Counsel Rana Sanjiv Singh said lawyers Harishankar Jain and Vishnu Jain put forth arguments …

Gyanvapi mosque case: Muslim side completes arguments on maintainability of case
2 years, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque case: Muslim side completes arguments on maintainability of case

Firstpost  

A lower court had ordered a videography survey of the complex. The survey work was completed on May 16 and the report was presented in the court on May 19 Varanasi: The Muslim side on Tuesday completed its arguments on the maintainability of the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex case in the district court here. District Government Counsel Rana Sanjiv Singh …

Gyanvapi mosque case hearing to resume today
2 years, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque case hearing to resume today

India TV News  

Highlights Varanasi District Court will resume hearing on Gyanvapi Mosque-Shringar Gauri temple complex today Muslim side will continue their arguments regarding the petitions on July 12 Earlier, SC referred Gyanvapi mosque case to Varanasi District and Sessions Court Gyanvapi news updates : The Varanasi District and Sessions Court on Tuesday will resume hearing on the controversial Gyanvapi Mosque-Shringar Gauri temple …

Gyanvapi Mosque row: Hearing to resume in Varanasi court today
2 years, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi Mosque row: Hearing to resume in Varanasi court today

Firstpost  

A Varanasi court will resume hearing arguments of the mosque management committee challenging the maintainability of a petition seeking permission to offer prayers to Hindu deities at the Gyanvapi Masjid complex Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: The hearing on the Gyanvapi case will resume in Varanasi court today. On 30 May, the Varanasi District Court deferred the hearing on the Anjuman Intezamia …

Gyanvapi mosque: Hearing in Varanasi court to resume today; Muslim side arguments to continue
2 years, 5 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque: Hearing in Varanasi court to resume today; Muslim side arguments to continue

India TV News  

Highlights The arguments by the Muslim side could not be completed earlier District judge had earlier said the matter will be heard as per directions of the Supreme Court The Hindu side has claimed that a Shivling was found inside the mosque premises Gyanvapi mosque: Hearing in the Gyanvapi masjid case will resume in the Varanasi court on Monday. The …

Bajrang Dal to Hold Dharnas at All District HQs on June 16 for Action against 'Jihadi Extremists'
2 years, 6 months ago

Bajrang Dal to Hold Dharnas at All District HQs on June 16 for Action against 'Jihadi Extremists'

News 18  

With many violent incidents reported across the country after Friday prayers in mosques last week, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh -affiliate Vishva Hindu Parishad ’s youth wing Bajrang Dal has now decided to lead the way against “growing jihadi extremism” in the country. The VHP in a statement said that the Bajrang Dal will stage dharna at district headquarters throughout the country …

'Its a matter of faith for Hindus': Mohan Bhagwat on the Gyanvapi issue
2 years, 6 months ago

'Its a matter of faith for Hindus': Mohan Bhagwat on the Gyanvapi issue

Op India  

In his first remark on the ongoing disputed Gyanvapi mosque row, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday, June 2, that the disputed structure of the Gyanvapi mosque has a history that cannot be disputed. In the attacks,Devsthans were demolished to exhaust morale of those who wanted India’s independence: RSS chief pic.twitter.com/SZfIxou0NJ — ANI June 2, 2022 The …

Opinion | Why Mohan Bhagwat said: “Don't look for Shivling in every mosque”
2 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | Why Mohan Bhagwat said: “Don't look for Shivling in every mosque”

India TV News  

In a major development, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh supremo Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday ruled out any agitation on the ongoing Gyanvapi mosque issue. Addressing the RSS officers’ training camp in Nagpur, Bhagwat said the issue of Gyanvapi relates to the belief of millions of Hindus, but there will be no agitation on this. If any decision comes from the court, it …

Why look for 'Shivling' in every mosque, asks RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
2 years, 6 months ago

Why look for 'Shivling' in every mosque, asks RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

India Today  

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said the Gyanvapi dispute involves some issues of faith and the court's decision on it should be accepted by all, but also there was no need to find a ‘Shivling’ in every mosque and start a new dispute every day. Why look for a ‘Shivling’ in every Masjid?” asked Mohan Bhagwat while addressing the …

CONTROVERSY | Is the Gyanvapi mosque case part of a push for something bigger?
2 years, 6 months ago

CONTROVERSY | Is the Gyanvapi mosque case part of a push for something bigger?

The Hindu  

Published : May 30, 2022 06:00 IST Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, the mahant of Sankat Mochan Hanuman Mandir, one of the oldest temples of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, sees the current controversies surrounding the Gyanvapi masjid, including the ‘discovery’ of a Shivling in the water tank and the court cases that have come up in that context, as an attempt to …

Push comes to shove: Events leading up to Gyanvapi mosque survey raises questions
2 years, 6 months ago

Push comes to shove: Events leading up to Gyanvapi mosque survey raises questions

The Hindu  

Published : May 30, 2022 06:00 IST A local Varanasi court’s order on May 12 for a survey and videography inside the Gyanvapi mosque, including its basement, has opened a Pandora’s box. Significantly, this is despite the Allahabad High Court’s stay, on September 9, 2021, of another order issued by the Varanasi civil court directing the Archaeological Survey of India …

Gyanvapi mosque case: Court hears arguments from Muslim side, next hearing on July 4
2 years, 6 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque case: Court hears arguments from Muslim side, next hearing on July 4

India TV News  

Highlights During the hearing today, the Muslim side argued against the maintainability of the plea The Muslim side has argued that the plea is not maintainable District Judge AK Vishvesh posted the matter for further hearing on July 4 The district court in Varanasi on Monday heard the arguments on the maintainability of a plea by five Hindu women seeking …

Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India
2 years, 6 months ago

Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s northern Varanasi city have prayed to their gods in a mosque and a temple that are separated by one wall. “It is a way to tell Muslims that their public display of faith in India is no more accepted and that the alleged humiliation heaped on them by …

Gyanvapi Mosque Row: Varanasi Court Adjourns Hearing Muslim Side’s Plea Till Monday
2 years, 6 months ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Row: Varanasi Court Adjourns Hearing Muslim Side’s Plea Till Monday

News 18  

The court of Varanasi’s district judge AK Vishvesh on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the mosque committee’s plea till Monday. “The Muslim side’s arguments on the maintainability of the case remained incomplete today, which they will continue on May 30 — the date fixed by the court for the next hearing,” said District Government Counsel Rana Sanjeev Singh. Earlier, a …

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