Gyanvapi Mosque Shivling

Dharma Files: Analysing the ‘phallacy’ of the Shiva-linga

The ‘discovery’ of a Shiva-linga at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi has raised several questions about what it stands for

Gyanvapi mosque row: Time for enlightened community leaders to choose the path of discussion and reconciliation

The best way to find a solution to the contentious issue would be to let local community leaders discuss the issue and find an amicable solution, rather than leaving it to courts. This will engender a sea of goodwill amongst Hindus and further Hindu-Muslim amity

Gyanvapi row: Prominent Hindu seer to offer prayers at 'Shivling' on Saturday

The seer is the disciple of Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, who is the Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Gujarat and the Jyotir Math in Badrinath

Dharma Files | How Gyanvapi mosque controversy brings issue of historical wrongs back into focus

The present generation, on whom the burden of dealing with the historical wrong falls, is after all a product of the same process which produced that wrong

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court to decide if it will hear 'maintainability arguments first'

A fresh plea seeking permission to worship the 'Shivling' claimed to have been found on the Gyanvapi mosque premises during a videography survey ordered by a lower court was also filed

Gyanvapi row: How invoking ghosts of ‘Hindu iconoclasm’ is a travesty of history and won’t ease tension

With civilisational India coming out of its slumber, albeit slowly, it would be short-sighted to leave a historic wound of the scale of Kashi and Mathura festering

Gyanvapi: A mosque that never was

When the survey is completed, it will offer unambiguous physical evidence of the history of the Gyanvapi mosque kept alive in the Hindu spiritual and cultural tradition

How Places of Worship Act infringes basic human and constitutional right of seeking justice

The Act bars Hindus from seeking justice and reclaiming their religious and cultural heritage. Striking it down will not immediately provide them any relief, but will allow them to fight for their rights that have been denied till now

From Babri Masjid to Gyanvyapi mosque: Why liberals fail to learn any lesson

Liberals in India need to understand that denial does not obliterate fault lines; it only deepens them

How discovery of Shivling at Gyanvapi mosque holds key to amicable Hindu-Muslim relations

There is no denying that Hindu temples were destroyed and mosques were built in their place. Truth, reconciliation and a bit of generosity alone will help heal centuries of wounds