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A Varanasi district court on Wednesday allowed the Hindu side to worship inside the southern cellar, also known as Vyas Ka Tehkhana, inside the Gyanvapi mosque..
The plea was filed in the apex court after the report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was made public in which the ASI concluded that a significant Hindu temple structure was predating the mosque's construction...
The ASI report about the Gyanvapi mosque:After an in-depth study of the existing structures, and artefacts recovered from the Gyanvapi site, the ASI in its report concluded that there existed a large Hindu temple before the construction of the existing structure" in the 17th century.Based on scientific studies/ survey carried out, the study of architectural remains, exposed features and artefacts, inscriptions, art and sculptures, it can be said that there existed a Hindu temple before the construction of the existing structure," the ASI report said.The report said the western wall of the Gyanvapi mosque, which is made of stones and decorated with mouldings, is the remaining part of an earlier Hindu temple.Citing.
existing architectural remains, decorated mouldings on the walls, karma-ratha" and prati-ratha" (something to depict Shiva and Parvati) of the central chamber, a large decorated entrance gate with ornamental skirting on the eastern wall of the western chamber, a small entrance with a mutilated image on the door jamb, birds and animals carved for decoration inside and outside, suggests that the western wall is the remaining part of a Hindu temple, the report said.The.
ASI report said that after studying the pillars and pilasters used in the existing structure scientifically, the officers concluded that the parts of the pre-existing temple were used in the present structure.The report further said during the scientific investigations/survey, the ASI officers noticed a number of Sanskrit and Dravidian inscriptions dated 12th to 17th centurynot only on the pre-existing structure but also on the existing structure."Most of these inscriptions which can be dated from 12th to 17th century have been reused in the structure, suggesting that the earlier structures were destroyed and their parts were reused in construction/ repair later," the report said.The.
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