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A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday morning arrived at the Gyanvapi mosque premises in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, where a scientific survey of the complex began at nearly 7 am, amid tight security...
The development comes a day after the Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the ASI to conduct the survey, which aims to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple...
Sohanlal Arya from the Hindu side said that during the previous survey, several artifacts, including sculptures of Shiva and Parvati, a statue of Varaha (boar avatar of Vishnu), bells, tridents, and many other pieces of evidence, were found inside the premises, indicating the site is a temple...
On Thursday, the Allahabad High Court upheld a Varanasi district court order and ruled that the proposed step is "necessary in the interest of justice" and will benefit both sides...
The order came after the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee, representing the Muslim side to the legal dispute, moved the Supreme Court against the Varanasi district court order...
