ASI report on Gyanvapi says that a Hindu temple existed where the existing Gyanvapi structure has been build

A day after the Varanasi District Court allowed to make the Archaeological Survey of India report on the Gyanvapi structure public, the report released by the Hindu said that the study and survey of the structure strongly suggests the existence of a substantial Hindu temple structure at the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Central chamber and entrance The pre-existing structures noted in the report included the Central chamber and main entrance of the pre-existing structure in existing structure, Western chamber and western wall, reuse of pillars and plasters of pre-existing structure in the existing structure, inscriptions on the existing structure, Arabic and Persian inscription on the loose stone, Sculptural remains in cellars, etc. Talking about the Western wall of the existing structure which was clearly a part of a Hindu temple, the ASI report states that Eastern half of the western chamber still exists whereas the superstructure of western half has been destroyed. The western wall of the existing structure is the remaining part of a pre-existing Hindu temple, the ASI report categorically states. Nature and Age Talking about the nature of the earlier structure, ASI said that the existing architectural remains, decorated mouldings on the walls, karna-ratha and prati-ratha of central chamber, a large decorated entrance gate with torana on the eastern wall of the western chamber, a small entrance with mutilated image on lalatbimba, birds and animals carved for decoration in and outside suggest that the western wall is remaining part of a Hindu temple.