Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Temple Land Controversy – Old Battle with New Fronts

In Varanasi, the Gyanvapi Mosque controversy is an old issue that suddenly popped up after the final settlement of Ram-Mandir and Babri Masjid on December 2019. The local priests filed a petition with an allegation that in 1669 Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb had demolished the half of Kashi Vishwanath temple and built the mosque. A detailed survey of Gyanvapi Mosque complex by the Archeological Survey of India was demanded in the petition. The Varanasi Supreme Court listened to the strong reactions and arguments from both sides but refused to grant the status quo on the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex. The...

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