ASI team begins work on scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex in UP's Varanasi
Fp Staff • 2 years agoThe Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday began working on a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi premises in Varanasi to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple
'Truth will come out': UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Allahabad HC allowing ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque
Fp Staff • 2 years agoThe Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi
Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC reserves order on ASI survey of mosque complex till 3 August
Fp Staff • 2 years agoThe High Court was hearing a plea against a Varanasi district court order directing the ASI to conduct a survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque was built upon a temple
‘Mughals razed 4 lakh temples to make mosques; they will be returned to Hindus’: UP Minister
Abhishek Awasthi • 2 years agoSingh's fervor extended to Kashi, a revered city in Hindu tradition. He urged Muslims to vacate the city voluntarily, emphasizing its significance as a sacred site for Hindus and the core of their faith
ASI survey at Gyanvapi mosque complex begins amid heavy police deployment
Fp Staff • 2 years agoAmid heavy police deployment, a team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday began a scientific survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple is built upon a temple
Gyanvapi Mosque case: Who is AK Vishvesh, the Varanasi district judge, who ruled in favour of the Hindu side?
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoDistrict judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesh said the petition by the women — that led to a survey inside the Gyanvapi mosque — will continue to be heard by the court and fixed 22 September as the next date of hearing in the case
Court allows videography inside Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque: A look at the case, the verdict, and past controversies
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoThe mosque first grabbed headlines in 1991 when devotees claimed that it was built at the site of a temple, demolished in 1669 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Since then, the place of worship has been wrangled in legal troubles