The Latest Breaking News from Gyanvapi

A team from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) arrived here on Sunday to conduct a scientific survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple is built upon a temple.

Varnasi Court orders survey of Gyanvapi Mosque. Petition filed by Hindu group to determine if mosque was built on site of Hindu temple. Muslims oppose plea, fearing damage to complex.

A court reserved its order for July 21 on a petition seeking a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque.

In the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, it would be unfortunate if the customary right of worship is allowed to lead to incremental or creeping changes to the mosque’s status

Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed the Muslim side's plea challenging the maintainability of five Hindu women worshippers' suit filed in Varanasi Court seeking the right to worship inside Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Allahabad High Court on May 12 ordered determination of the age of the structure claimed to be "Shivling" using modern technology. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday a plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order of conducting a “scientific survey”, including carbon dating, to determine the age of a ‘Shivling’ which was said to have been found at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Supreme Court agreed to urgently list on May 19, 2023 an appeal challenging the Allahabad High Court order of conducting a “scientific survey”, including carbon dating, to determine the age of a ‘Shivling’ at the Gyanvapi mosque complex

The Top Court asked the Varanasi district authorities to convene a meeting on April 18 to come up with a congenial working solution for the alternative arrangement for 'Wazu' at the Gyanvapi mosque area during the Ramzan. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Top Court on Monday agreed to hear on April 14 a fresh plea by the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Vishwanath Temple dispute case. Read further On Dynamite News:

VARANASI: The lawyers representing Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Monday raised serious objections to the delay being caused by the defendants in filing their reply in Suit No 925/2022 in which the seer has sought worshipping of the purported "Shivling", found during the court-mandated survey on the Gyanvapi mosque premises.