Gyanvapi Mosque

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stop Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. However, the top court ordered status quo on the religious observances by the Hindus inside the mosque premises. “Bearing…
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The cleaning of the Wazukhana area of the Gyanvapi Mosque started on Saturday under strict security arrangements by the district officials. The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed an application of Hindu women petitioners seeking direction…
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The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee (AIMC), which manages Gyanvapi mosque, has informed the district magistrate of Varanasi through a letter that most of the fish in a tank (hauz) in the wazukhana of Gyanvapi Mosque, the portion that…
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Not idols, but remains of fragmented idols have been found in the debris and we are hopeful that idols will be recovered, lawyer from the Hindu side Sudhir Tripathi shared updates on the survey being conducted by the Archeological Survey of…
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The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday resumed its scientific survey work at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi to determine whether the 17th-century masjid was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple.…
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A team of the Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) on Friday morning began a scientific survey at the Gyanvapi premises in Varanasi to determine whether the 17th-century mosque has been constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu…
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A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Monday morning. The survey is being conducted even as the mosque management committee filed a…
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The Allahabad high court on Wednesday dismissed a civil revision petition filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) that has challenged a Varanasi court order turning down its objections to the maintainability of the suit filed…
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The district court in Varanasi on Monday rejected the Anjuman Committee’s plea challenging Hindu worshippers’ request for permission for daily worship of Hindu deities in the Gyanvapi mosque. A single bench of district Judge AK Vishvesh…
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The Varanasi district court on Thursday adjourned the hearing in the maintainability petition of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee that manages the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, till May 30. The committee had been seeking dismissal of…
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