ASI resumes Gyanvapi mosque complex 'scientific survey' amid tight security

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A team of the Archaeological Survey of India on Friday resumed the 'scientific survey' to determine of Gyanvapi mosque was built over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple, over a week after a survey was stalled...

The ASI team reached the Gyanvapi mosque premises adjacent to Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi and according to reports there are 41 officials present inside the complex...

"All people (including ASI officials) have reached there..

Yesterday, the Allahabad High Court gave its nod for a scientific investigation and survey of the Gyanvapi mosque..

The court of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker was hearing the plea filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, which manages the mosque, against the Varanasi District Courts order that had allowed the survey of the complex, excluding the wazukhana area..

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