Gyanvapi Row

The building of Ram temple in the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya has triggered a 'me-too' focus on other key pilgrim centres in the country -- like Mathura and Varanasi -- and on its heels, has come the demand to repeal the Places Of Worship Act.

Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath Temple case, said that once they get a copy of the report of the Archaeological Survey of India, "they will study it."

The Varanasi district court on Friday could not take up a case seeking that the key to the basement of the Gyanvapi mosque complex be handed over to the district magistrate due to mourning over the death of a lawyer and fixed December 11.

The Archaeological Survey of India will continue its survey to determine if the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi was built on a temple, the Allahabad High Court ruled today.

The Muslim side in the Gyanvapi mosque case should step forward and offer a solution for a "historical mistake", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said.

The petitioners have also challenged an April 8, 2021 order of the Varanasi court, directing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a comprehensive survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

The Allahabad High Court today fixed November 30 for hearing a revision petition challenging the Varanasi district judge's order by which the lower court had refused the demand of carbon dating of a 'Shivling'.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday called for a "path through mutual agreement" on the controversy over the filming of Gyanvapi mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.

Dharma Sansad: After the Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque row, a Dharma Sansad is being organised in Maharashtra's Nashik to resolve a dispute regarding the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.

Amid the ongoing row over Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said all the temples destroyed in the past should be rebuilt.

Amid the ongoing row over the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi Mosque issue, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS has said the facts should be allowed to come out, while asserting that truth can't be hidden for long.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the Gyanvapi Mosque row, and said that "they are after all our mosques".

A court in Varanasi will deliver its verdict today in the case related to the inspection of the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple.

Petitions by five women asking to be allowed to pray at a Hindu shrine behind Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque complex is building up into a flashpoint in Uttar Pradesh. Reports said one of the women may withdraw her plea but she later said she wouldn't.

The building of Ram temple in the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya has triggered a 'me-too' focus on other key pilgrim centres in the country -- like Mathura and Varanasi -- and on its heels, has come the demand to repeal the Places Of Worship Act.

Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath Temple case, said that once they get a copy of the report of the Archaeological Survey of India, "they will study it."

The Varanasi district court on Friday could not take up a case seeking that the key to the basement of the Gyanvapi mosque complex be handed over to the district magistrate due to mourning over the death of a lawyer and fixed December 11.

The Archaeological Survey of India will continue its survey to determine if the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi was built on a temple, the Allahabad High Court ruled today.

The Muslim side in the Gyanvapi mosque case should step forward and offer a solution for a "historical mistake", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said.

The petitioners have also challenged an April 8, 2021 order of the Varanasi court, directing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a comprehensive survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

The Allahabad High Court today fixed November 30 for hearing a revision petition challenging the Varanasi district judge's order by which the lower court had refused the demand of carbon dating of a 'Shivling'.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday called for a "path through mutual agreement" on the controversy over the filming of Gyanvapi mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.

Dharma Sansad: After the Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque row, a Dharma Sansad is being organised in Maharashtra's Nashik to resolve a dispute regarding the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.

Amid the ongoing row over Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said all the temples destroyed in the past should be rebuilt.

Amid the ongoing row over the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi Mosque issue, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS has said the facts should be allowed to come out, while asserting that truth can't be hidden for long.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the Gyanvapi Mosque row, and said that "they are after all our mosques".

A court in Varanasi will deliver its verdict today in the case related to the inspection of the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple.

Petitions by five women asking to be allowed to pray at a Hindu shrine behind Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque complex is building up into a flashpoint in Uttar Pradesh. Reports said one of the women may withdraw her plea but she later said she wouldn't.