Watch: First visuals of 'puja' at Vyas basement of Gyanvapi in Varanasi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch: First visuals of 'puja' at Vyas basement of Gyanvapi in Varanasi

India TV News  

Rituals of puja in a cellar of the Gyanvapi Masjid began on Thursday after the court on Wednesday granted permission to worship idol in the 'Vyas Ka Tekhana.' A look at first visuals of 'puja' at Vyas basement of Gyanvapi in Varanasi: Official sources in the district administration said at around 9.30 pm on Wednesday, the members of the Kashi-Vishwanath Trust were called and the barricades before the Nandi statue facing the mosque's 'wazukhana' were removed. Wednesday's order was delivered on the plea of Shailendra Kumar Pathak who claimed that his maternal grandfather, priest Somnath Vyas, offered prayers till December 1993, advocate Yadav said. He said the puja was stopped during the tenure of chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav after the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was demolished on December 6, 1992.

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Exclusive: Gyanvapi mosque panel seeks intervention in pleas against 1991 Act
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Exclusive: Gyanvapi mosque panel seeks intervention in pleas against 1991 Act

India Today  

The committee managing the Gyanvapi Mosque has moved the Supreme Court seeking intervention in pleas challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, Varanasi, filed an intervention application in the court, stating that the mosque has been made the subject of multiple suits and the committee is therefore a crucial stakeholder …

SC refuses to stop Hindu prayers in Gyanvapi mosque cellar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC refuses to stop Hindu prayers in Gyanvapi mosque cellar

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stop the ongoing prayers by Hindu devotees within the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi even as it ordered a “status quo” on the religious observances by both Hindu and Muslim sides inside the mosque precincts. “Bearing in mind the fact that namaz is being offered by the Muslim community unhindered …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case : Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Namaz In Mosque & Hindu Worship In 'Tehkhana' (Cellar)
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case : Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Namaz In Mosque & Hindu Worship In 'Tehkhana' (Cellar)

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Gyanvapi mosque committee challenging the orders of the Varanasi District Court and the Allahabad High Court allowing the performance of Hindu religious rituals at a tehkhana of the mosque.While doing so, the Court also ordered that that status quo shall be maintained with respect to. …

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 …

SC to hear Gyanvapi committee’s plea against Hindu prayers in cellar today
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC to hear Gyanvapi committee’s plea against Hindu prayers in cellar today

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India will hear the 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 today, April 1. The state government had ordered to stop the worship rituals inside the "Vyas Tehkhana" -- located at the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi …

SC refuses to stop prayers of Hindus in Southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC refuses to stop prayers of Hindus in Southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque and sought response of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple trustees on the plea of the mosque management committee. The court was hearing a fresh plea of the Gyanvapi mosque management committee against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower …

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 …

Gyanvapi: Allahabad HC dismisses Muslim side's plea against Puja in Vyas Ka Tehkhana
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi: Allahabad HC dismisses Muslim side's plea against Puja in Vyas Ka Tehkhana

Op India  

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea filed by the Muslim side challenging the district court’s order that had allowed Hindus to offer Puja and prayers at the Vyas ka Tehkhana inside the Gyanvapi complex. #BREAKING Allahabad High Court today dismissed Muslim party plea challenging order permitting Hindu parties to offer prayers and puja in the southern cellar.#Gyanvapi #AllahabadHighCourt …

Gyanvapi case : Allahabad High Court dismisses plea, Puja to continue in Gyanvapi’s cellar
9 months, 3 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 …

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 Mosque Case: Allahabad HC's Verdict Today On Plea Against Allowing Hindus To Pray In Vyas Tehkhana
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Allahabad HC's Verdict Today On Plea Against Allowing Hindus To Pray In Vyas Tehkhana

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court is set to deliver its verdict today in the Gyanvapi Mosque committee’s appeal challenging the Varanasi district judge’s order allowing ‘Puja’ inside the ‘Vyas ka Tehkhana’. The court’s order followed a petition filed by Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas against the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque. On February 2, the Allahabad High Court …

Gyanvapi mosque case: Hindu puja to continue in southern cellar as Allahabad HC dismisses pleas challenging it
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi mosque case: Hindu puja to continue in southern cellar as Allahabad HC dismisses pleas challenging it

New Indian Express  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the Gyanvapi mosque management committee's twin appeals challenging the Varanasi district court's decision allowing the offering of prayers in a cellar in the mosque complex. On January 31, the Varanasi district court ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in the southern cellar of the mosque. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, …

Allahabad HC Reserves Judgment On Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Plea Against Varanasi Court's Order Allowing 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana'
10 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad HC Reserves Judgment On Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Plea Against Varanasi Court's Order Allowing 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana'

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its Judgment in the Gyanvapi Mosque committee's appeal challenging the Varanasi Court's January 31 order allowing 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana'. The appeal before the HC was filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee on February 1, soon after the Supreme Court refused to urgently hear the Mosque Committee's plea against the order allowing puja …

Gyanvapi | 'District Judge Allowed 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana' Under Hindu Plaintiff's Influence': Mosque Committee Submits In High Court
10 months, 1 week ago

Gyanvapi | 'District Judge Allowed 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana' Under Hindu Plaintiff's Influence': Mosque Committee Submits In High Court

Live Law  

The Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee today argued before the Allahabad High Court that Varanasi District Judge's 31st January order permitting Hindu parties to perform puja in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque was passed under the influence of the Hindu plaintiff as no cogent reasons were specified in the order. The Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee today argued before the …

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 …

Pooja in southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque to continue as HC adjourns matter for next week
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Pooja in southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque to continue as HC adjourns matter for next week

The Hindu  

The pooja in the southern cellar inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi will continue as of now as the Allahabad High Court has adjourned for next week the hearing on the plea filed by the mosque committee challenging the January 31 order of the Varanasi district court permitting Hindus to offer prayers there. During the marathon hearing that took place …

Hindus worship at Gyanvapi complex for second day, Muslims call for Varanasi bandh
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hindus worship at Gyanvapi complex for second day, Muslims call for Varanasi bandh

India Today  

Devotees gathered at the Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi and sang bhajans on Friday morning following court orders allowing the resumption of a practice said to have been discontinued three decades back. Heavy security was also deployed around the premises to maintain the law and order situation, as the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee has appealed to Muslims to keep their shops …

Puja to continue inside Gyanvapi complex as Allahabad HC refuses to give relief to Muslim side
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Puja to continue inside Gyanvapi complex as Allahabad HC refuses to give relief to Muslim side

India TV News  

Gyanvapi: The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi didn't get any relief from the Allahabad High Court on Friday as it filed a plea challenging a Varanasi court's order allowing Hindus to perform prayers in the southern cellar of the mosque. Earlier, a Varanasi Court asked the District Magistrate to make arrangements for 'Puja/Raga-Bhoga' of Idols …

Supreme Court refuses Muslim side's plea against Varanasi court order allowing Puja, asks them to approach HC
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court refuses Muslim side's plea against Varanasi court order allowing Puja, asks them to approach HC

Op India  

The Muslim side faced another setback in the Gyanvapi case after the Varanasi district court allowed Hindus to worship in the Vyas Cellar in the mosque complex, as the Supreme Court of India refused to hear their petition against the district court order. In its application, the masjid committee alleged that the administration was acting in ‘hot haste’ to implement …

Hindu prayers begin inside India’s Mughal-era mosque after court order
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hindu prayers begin inside India’s Mughal-era mosque after court order

Al Jazeera  

Right-wing Hindu groups have been claiming the 17th-century mosque adjacent to a famous temple in Varanasi city for decades. Hindu worshippers have begun praying inside a 17th-century mosque in the Indian city of Varanasi, hours after a court order gave them the go-ahead at the disputed site. The Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi is one of several Muslim places of worship …

Uttar Pradesh: Devotees flock to 'Vyas Ka Tehkhana' inside Gyanvapi mosque post-district court order | VIDEO
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh: Devotees flock to 'Vyas Ka Tehkhana' inside Gyanvapi mosque post-district court order | VIDEO

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh news: After the Varanasi Court allowed Hindus to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, devotees flocked to the 'Vyas ka Tehkhana' inside the complex in Varanasi to offer prayers. Varanasi Court on Wednesday allowed Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the 'Vyas Ka Tehkhana' area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Another devotee named Mridul Mishra said, "Hamara purana …

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: …

Court allows Hindus to worship in the Vyas basement at Gyanvapi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Court allows Hindus to worship in the Vyas basement at Gyanvapi

Op India  

In a big victory for Hindus, the district court of Varanasi ruled on Wednesday that the Hindus have the right to worship in the Vyas cellar of the Gyanvapi structure. The district judge had reserved the order on 30th January after hearing a petition filed by Shailendra Kumar Pathak seeking the right to recite prayers and perform worship rituals at …

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 …

Varanasi court permits Hindu side to offer prayers at Gyanvapi mosque complex
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Varanasi court permits Hindu side to offer prayers at Gyanvapi mosque complex

Live Mint  

A Varanasi district court on Wednesday allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers in the ‘Vyas Ka Tehkhana’ area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Everyone will have the right to perform puja.” The court's order came on a petition filed by Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas against the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the mosque. Another Hindu side lawyer, Subhash …

Varanasi court allows Hindu side to worship inside Gyanvapi mosque's sealed basement
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Varanasi court allows Hindu side to worship inside Gyanvapi mosque's sealed basement

India TV News  

In a significant development, the Varanasi court permitted Hindu devotees to worship within the confines of Gyanvapi mosque's sealed basement. Hindu devotees are authorised to offer prayers inside the sealed basement of Gyanvapi mosque, known as 'Vyas Ka Tekhana,' according to the recent verdict from Varanasi court. Initiation of worship The court directed the district administration to facilitate rituals involving …

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 …

Karnataka: Security beefed up in Srirangapatna over VHP’s call for puja at mosque
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka: Security beefed up in Srirangapatna over VHP’s call for puja at mosque

Firstpost  

Wearing saffron scarves and holding saffron flags, the Bajrang Dal and VHP activists on motorcycles raised ‘Jai Sriram’ slogans. Fearing backlash, many shopkeepers around the shrine downed shutters for the day Mandya: Security has been heightened in Srirangapatna, the erstwhile capital of 18th-century ruler Tipu Sultan in the district, following Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s call to perform puja at the Jamia …

Places of Worship Act does not apply to Gyanvapi, says VHP
2 years, 7 months ago

Places of Worship Act does not apply to Gyanvapi, says VHP

The Hindu  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has claimed that The Places of Worship Act,1991, which mandates that the character of all religious places of worship should be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947, does not apply to the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute in Varanasi. Civil Judge, senior division, Ravi Kumar Diwakar on Monday ordered that a portion of the Gyanvapi Mosque …

Gyanvapi case | Parties worry over Varanasi court order
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi case | Parties worry over Varanasi court order

The Hindu  

Reacting to the Varanasi Court order to seal the place where the Shivling was discovered during the survey of Gyanvapi mosque, Opposition leaders and academicians expressed fear that the order undermines “The Places of Worship Act, 1991”, which prohibits intervention in any religious place barring Ayodhya. Gyanvapi Masjid was and will remain a masjid till Judgement Day Inshallah”Asaduddin OwaisiAll India …

Targeting Gyanvapi mosque: Sangh Parivar starts campaign to 'liberate' Kashi Vishwanath temple
3 years, 8 months ago

Targeting Gyanvapi mosque: Sangh Parivar starts campaign to 'liberate' Kashi Vishwanath temple

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party -led government at the Centre seems to be engaging in a sinister communal game plan to take forward the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s agenda of ‘liberating’ the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi and the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura, in keeping with the Sangh battle cry of “ Ayodhya toh bas jhaanki hai, Kashi Mathura baaki hai …

After Ayodhya, another mosque-temple dispute brews in India’s UP
3 years, 8 months ago

After Ayodhya, another mosque-temple dispute brews in India’s UP

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India – A court in India’s Uttar Pradesh state has passed an order related to a dispute over a centuries-old mosque and a temple situated next to each other – a case reminiscent of a similar and bloody dispute in another temple town, controversially resolved in 2019. The court in Varanasi town on Thursday directed the Archaeological Survey …

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