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Mysuru's iconic 13th century Keshava temple is India's official nomination for UNESCO World Heritage tag, yet connectivity to it remains poor. Local guides have repeatedly called for improved transport links and cross-promotion of the temple, to no avail. Poor road quality and lack of direct bus service from Mysuru, plus…

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Gyanvapi survey: ASI granted further four weeks’ time to submit report

The court has now granted four more weeks to the ASI to complete the survey and submit its report.

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Varanasi court grants eight more weeks to ASI to complete scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex

Varanasi Court grants Archaeological Survey of India eight weeks to complete survey of Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi. Dismissing mosque management's objection, District Judge A K Vishvesh rules survey necessary for justice, beneficial to both Hindu and Muslim sides.

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ASI’s survey technique may damage Gyanvapi mosque, says mosque management committee

The committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque, has moved an application before the Varanasi district judge claiming that the ASI is not using the GPR technique to conduct the survey which threatens the building of the mosque

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ASI seeks more time to complete Gyanvapi survey

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday sought eight more weeks to submit its report on the scientific survey being conducted at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.

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Gyanvapi mosque | Fresh plea in court to order ASI survey inside Wazukhana

Hindu petitioner files plea in Varanasi court for ASI survey of Gyanvapi Mosque, excluding Shiva Linga, to ascertain religious character of property on Aug. 15, 1947. Petitioner also seeks to preserve artefacts found during survey. ASI survey underway, courts refusing to stay it.

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ASI starts putting up working platform to assess condition of Konark Temple

The Archaeological Survey of India has started putting up working platforms around the 13th-Century Konark Sun Temple dubbed as one of seven wonders of India for assessing condition inside the famous temple stocked with tonnes of sand. The series of assessments would help experts decide whether the sand could be…

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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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A scientific survey at Gyanvapi, its limits

It is important to understand the working principles of the scientific methods used in such surveys, their abilities, and their limitations

The Hindu

Gyanvyapi mosque survey: court asks petitioners and respondents to refrain from speaking to media

The Varanasi district court on August 9, 2023, banned all kind of media bytes and interactions by any side of the petitioners related to the ongoing Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey at the Gyanvyapi mosque premises. The order came after the mosque committee approached the court seeking direction from…

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ASI seeks inspection of inner chamber of Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar

The Archaeological Survey of India has sought permission to inspect the inner chamber of the Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri

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ASI survey of Gyanvapi resumes on Day 4; start delayed due to rush at Kashi Vishwanath

The Archaeological Survey of India resumed the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi on the fourth day, during which the work of mapping, measuring and photography of the places will continue

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ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque to continue today

As the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) continues its scientific survey of the Gyanvapi complex, an advocate representing the Hindu side, said on account of the fifth Monday of the ongoing ‘Sawan’month, there could be a small delay in starting the survey today. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gyanvapi survey resumes on day 3, mosque committee threatens boycott over 'rumours'

VARANASI: The Archaeological Survey of India resumed the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi on the third day on Sunday to determine if the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure, even as the Muslim side warned they would boycott the entire exercise if "rumours" are spread that…

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Gyanvapi survey continues amid boycott threat by mosque panel

Government counsel Rajesh Mishra said that on August 6 the survey work began at around 8.00 am and will continue till 5.00 pm. Read more on The Hindu

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ASI team begins day-3 of scientific survey at Gyanvapi mosque premises; Possibility of radar usage today

A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials reached at the Gyanvapi mosque here on Sunday morning to continue the scientific survey of the complex. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Owaisi raises concern over narrative on Gyanvapi Masjid

Owaisi expresses fear of narrative set if ASI report on Gyanvapi Masjid goes public, cites Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir case. Hopes no other "December 6 and December 23" ever happen. Seeks to know if homes of those who killed imam of Nuh masjid will be bulldozed in connection with Haryana violence.

The Times of India

Owaisi hopes ASI report on Gyanvapi mosque will not open floodgates for ‘1000 Babris’

NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday expressed apprehensions about the impact of the ASI report after its survey of the Gyanvapi mosque on thousands of other such structures. He expressed the apprehension that the BJP and its ideological parent RSS will set the narrative…

The Times of India

ASI conducts scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex for second day, to continue on Sunday

VARANASI: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday examined the central hall of the Gyanvapi mosque on the second day of the scientific survey to determine if the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple.

The Hindu

Asaduddin Owaisi hopes ASI report on Gyanvapi will not open floodgates for "thousand Babris"

AIMIM chief Owaisi worries that ASI reports on Gyanvapi issue may open floodgates for a thousand Babris. The Supreme Court asked ASI not to take any invasive act. Owaisi hopes Supreme Court's Ayodhya judgement on Places of Worship Act will not be dishonoured.

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Steps being taken to bring back 5,000-odd Adichanallur artefacts from foreign museums, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The Union Finance Minister said these artefacts, along with the many burial urns and other artefacts unearthed from the excavation in Adichanallur, would be displayed at the world-class museum that is to come up on the Tirunelveli – Tiruchendur Road

The Times of India

ASI survey of Gyanvapi complex underway

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, however, asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) not to take recourse to any invasive act during the survey.

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