Gyanvapi mosque survey Day 2: ASI team begins survey at complex. 10 updates
Allahabad High Court ordered to conduct of the ASI Survey of the Gyanvapi mosque, an exercise that the Muslim side says will "reopen wounds of the past". The Muslim side, knocked Supreme Court's door to halt the survey process on Thursday. However, a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
refused to stay the Allahabad High Court order. The 3-judge bench has asked the ASI not to carry out any invasive act during the survey. 1.
A team from the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) arrived at the Gyanvapi Mosque Complex in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The survey started at 9 AM. 2.
Hindu side advocate Sudhir Tripathi said asked people to cooperate in the survey process and get it completed as soon as possible. " We are showing full cooperation and involvement. They have come at the direction of the Supreme Court.
We welcome it. We want the matter to be resolved soon...The survey will clarify everything," Mishra added. 3.
The Gyanvapi mosque in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi, an area Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in India's parliament, is one of several mosques in northern Uttar Pradesh state that some Hindus believe was built on top of demolished Hindu temples. In Gyanvapi Mosque's case, four Hindu women filed a petition on May 16, 2023, saying that a temple existed earlier at the site and was demolished in the 17th century on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. According to the Hindu litigants, a 'shivling' exists at mosque 'wazu khana'.
However, that area has been exempted from the survey by the court. 4. Yesterday, a team of 40-45 ASI officials kicked off the survey at the Gyanvapi mosque complex at 7 AM.
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