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Gyanvapi Mosque Security Heightened Post ASI Report Release

Security measures have been beefed up outside the Gyanvapi mosque, a day after the ASI report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex revealed there "existed a large Hindu temple prior to the construction of the existing structure". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath Temple: ASI survey report to be made public; both sides to receive hard copy

The Varanasi district Court on Wednesday asked that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report be made public today and the hard copy be provided to both sides. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gyanvapi mosque survey | Varanasi court allows both parties to have access to ASI report

A Varanasi district judge allowed all parties to get the certified copy of the report of Archaeological Survey of India survey done at the Gyanvapi mosque

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ASI assures to send note to UNESCO over inclusion of Srimukhalingam temple in Andhra Pradesh in world heritage structures’ list

Historic Srimukhalingam temple’s chief priest Naidugari Rajasekhar urged Archaeological Survey of India’s Director General Kishore Kumar Basa to use his good offices for the inclusion of the temple in the world heritage structures’ list of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to get special recognition and funds for…

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Gyanvapi mosque: UP court grants extension of another week to ASI to submit survey report

VARANASI: Granting time of one more week to Archaeological Survey of India, Varanasi district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha on Monday asked the agency to file report of scientific study and survey of Gyanvapi mosque on December 18.

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Gyanvapi case: Court reserves order on ASI plea seeking extension

VARANASI: Varanasi district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha on Wednesday reserved the order on the Archaeological Survey of India’s plea seeking three more weeks to submit the survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex before the court. The court is expected to deliver the order on Thursday.

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Cracks on beam of Shree Jagannath Temple’s Nata Mandap must be repaired on priority, Orissa High Court’s Amicus Curiae tells Archaeological Survey of India

Amicus Curiae N.K. Mohanty, appointed by the Orissa High Court, has found evidence of wear and tear in the structures of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, an Archaeological Survey of India-protected monument. The structure dates back to the 12th Century.

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ASI begins survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex amid tight security

A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday morning arrived at the Gyanvapi mosque premises adjacent to Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi and started a scientific survey of the complex amid tight security. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Allahabad HC allows ASI to conduct survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi

Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Caveat filed in Allahabad HC over direction for ASI survey by Varanasi court

A caveat petition in the Gyanvapi case was filed by Rakhi Singh, a petitioner from the Hindu side, in the Allahabad High Court on Monday, on the order of Varanasi Court directing a survey of the sealed area on the mosque complex by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Read…

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ASI Director-General visits Archaeological Museum in Ballari

Director-General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi, Kishor Basa visited the Robert Bruce Foote Sangankal Archaeological Museum in Ballari on Saturday and expressed his happiness over the systematic display of artefacts and quality information on pre-history provided here.

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Tamil inscriptions found in Tirupati reveal tax and land records from 11th century

cK. Muniratnam Reddy, director (epigraphy), Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), said he received the two inscriptions from K.S. Ramarao, RDO, Srikalahasthi, who sent them for epigraphy reading.

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Mehrauli demolition: Survey DDA relied on was found incomplete by HC panel last year

Before the demolition drive in south Delhi’s Mehrauli was halted by the Delhi High Court, anxious residents would wake up each day and ask themselves: “Who’s next?” “Who has got a stay?”

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ASI gets water, property tax notices for Taj Mahal

AGRA: The Archaeological Survey of India has been asked to pay a water tax of nearly Rs 2 crore and a property tax of about Rs 1.5 lakh for the Taj Mahal, along with a Rs 5-crore service tax for the Agra Fort, in an apparent first-of-its-kind action by local…

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Scientific probe of ‘Shivling’ inside Gyanvapi complex: Allahabd HC grants ASI time till Jan 18 for reply

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Wednesday granted Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) time till January 18, 2023, for filing its response to clarify whether the carbon dating of the purported Shivling found inside the Gyanvapi complex could damage it or a safe evaluation of its age could be done.

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Four persons arrested for trespassing ASI-protected Mahmud Gawan madrasa in Bidar

In Bidar, a group from the Muslim community had staged a protest outside Town police station demanding legal action against the trespassers who, they alleged, attempted to instigate communal violence

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Pakistan floods: Is history repeating itself at Mohenjo Daro?

Back in 1919-20, R.D Banerji, an Archaeological Survey of India officer, rediscovered the ancient site of Mohenjo Daro, following the finding of a flint scraper. What followed next was years and years of extensive excavations led by prominent archaeologists from world over. Several decades after the initial stage of excavation,…

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Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad HC asks ACS (home), ASI DG to file reply in Gyanvapi case

PRAYAGRAJ: Hearing a case relating to Gyanvapi mosque, the Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed UP’s additional chief secretary (home) to file his personal reply on behalf of the state government in the matter within 10 days.

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Dispose plea seeking survey of Krishna Janmabhoomi Shahi Idgah within 4 months: Allahabad HC to Mathura court

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Monday directed the civil court at Mathura to pass an order, within four months, on an application pending before it for conducting a survey of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Idgah by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

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Madras HC directs T.N. government to explain how road laying work was sanctioned when ASI feared damage to Villupuram hilltop temple

The Madras High Court wants to know status of investigation in case booked against two for using explosives to lay the road

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Namaz near Qutub Minar in Delhi: Centre, ASI get time to reply to plea

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Thursday granted time to the Centre and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to place their stand on a plea by Delhi Waqf Board claiming that prayers have been stopped at a Mughal-era mosque near Qutub Minar in Mehrauli.

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Sannati: Ancient Buddhist site finally in focus after 20 years

Hardly paid attention to for two decades, Archaeological Survey of India has now taken up conservation work at this important Buddhist site near Kalaburagi

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Delhi HC declines urgent hearing on plea against stopping of prayers at Mughal Mosque

A plea challenging the Archaeological Survey of India’s stopping of prayers at the Mughal Mosque in the Qutub Minar complex was turned down by the Delhi High Court

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A pale shadow of its glorious past

Therazhunthur has a prominent place in Tamils’ cultural and spiritual history

The Times of India

Puri seer slams Odisha govt for ‘ruining heritage’ in name of development

BHUBANESWAR: Puri’s Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati on Wednesday hit out at the Naveen Patnaik government for allegedly destroying rich heritage on the pretext of development. His outburst comes after scathing remarks from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and BJP on the issue. A ‘hush-hush late night survey’ was also…

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