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16/05/22 15:17 PM IST

Gyanvapi Mosque

In News 
  • Gyanvapi Mosque, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, is currently facing a legal battle. A court in Varanasi has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to probe the structure of the Gyanvapi Masjid.
Controversy 
  • Several petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court and Varanasi Court alleging that the mosque was built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb by demolishing the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in the 16th century.
When Petition was filed? 
  • A petition was filed in the year 1991 in the Varanasi court where the petitioners, local priests, sought permission to worship in the Gyanvapi Mosque area.
Significance 
  • The Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute was raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during the campaign for the Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya along with the Krishanjanma Bhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid in Mathura.
  • They claimed that all the three mosques were built after demolishing the Hindu temples.
Current Status
  • A plea was filed by five Delhi-based women seeking permission to perform daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are located on the outer wall of Gyanvapi Mosque.
  • The court appointed a committee to survey and videography of basements in the Gyanvapi-Gauri Shringar complex and asked it to submit the report by May 10.
  • The survey was stalled amid objections by the mosque committee, which claimed that the advocate commissioner appointed by the court did not have the mandate to film inside the premises.
  • The committee accused him of bias and filed a plea for his replacement.
  • The court, on May 12, ordered the committee to continue the survey and submit the report by May 17.
  • The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking a stay on the survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi Masjid complex.
  • The committee completed its survey and videography of two basements in the Gyanvapi-Gauri Shringar complex after the exercise resumed on May 14 amid tight security arrangements.
Source- Indian Express 

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