Hindus are to continue their prayers in the Gyanvapi cellar

NewsHindus are to continue their prayers in the Gyanvapi cellar

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On Monday, the Allahabad High Court denied a petition that contested a ruling permitting Hindus to perform puja in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi.

Situated in the southern part of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, the ‘Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana’ allows Hindus to worship. The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee filed a plea challenging this Varanasi court order. Justice Rohit Ranjan Aggarwal heard the case on a single bench.

Today, the Varanasi District Court’s orders from January 17 and January 31, which were challenged before the Allahabad High Court, were dismissed in the first reach of the Anjuman Intezamia orders. The main point, according to lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain, who spoke on behalf of the Hindu side, is that the puja that is currently taking place in the Gyanvapi complex’s “Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana” will continue.

The High Court acknowledged that there used to be pujas and religious rites performed there; however, in 1993, the rituals were discontinued without a formal document or decree. Thus, today’s ruling by the district court was upheld. Our side won the case at the High Court. Advocate Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi told a news agency that the High Court has dismissed Anjuman Intezamia’s objection. Hindu devotees were permitted to offer prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi base on January 31 by a Varanasi court.

In addition, the court requested that the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust designate a priest for the puja and instructed the district administration to arrange all necessary logistics for the devotees to perform it. The mosque committee then filed a challenge in the Allahabad High Court against the decision of the Varanasi court order.

On February 15, the High Court postponed making a decision after hearing the arguments.

The Supreme Court was approached by four female plaintiffs who wanted a survey and excavation of the Gyanvapi mosque’s sealed portion. This led to the Varanasi court issuing its order. The Archaeology Survey of India report, which the Hindu side claimed showed that a sizable Hindu temple existed prior to the building of the Gyanvapi mosque, prompted the top court to hear the plea.

The women pleaded that by excavating the entire sealed area and utilizing other scientific techniques, along with the removal of artificial or modern walls and floors surrounding it, the precise nature of the “Shivling” could be ascertained.

A number of Hindu activists contest the existence of a temple that once stood at the site of the disputed Gyanvapi mosque. The Muslim side rejects this claim, claiming the temple was destroyed in the seventeenth century on emperor Aurangzeb’s orders.

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