OPINION | Was there a temple before Gyanvapi Mosque?
India TV NewsThe Supreme Court on Friday transferred the Gyanvapi case from Civil Judge to District Judge in Varanasi. In its interim order, the apex court said, the district judge of Varanasi shall first decide the maintainability of civil suits filed by Hindu plaintiffs upon transfer of prayers. The apex court said security forces shall continue to protect the ‘Shivling-like’ structure found in the ‘wazukhana’. The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee had in its appeal said that since the ‘wazukhana’ has been sealed by security forces on orders of the Supreme Court, it would be advisable for a lesser number of devotees to come for prayers. India TV reporter Bhaskar Mishra asked S. M. Yaseen, joint secretary of Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee, about Hindu symbols like the swastika, lotus, ‘shlokas’ found in the Gyanvapi complex.