Gyanvapi mosque survey by ASI begins amid tight security; 40 people inside Varanasi complex

A team from the Archaeological Survey of India began the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi on Monday morning.
               Security personnel deployed outside the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi on Monday.


On Monday morning, a team from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) started a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. People with knowledge of the situation claimed on Sunday that the survey is taking place despite the mosque management committee's petition to the Supreme Court against the district court's order permitting the inspection.

The ASI crew arrived in Varanasi on Sunday with all the necessary tools.


A UP Police squad can be seen entering the Gyanvapi mosque compound as the ASI assessment started in a video that news agency ANI released.

There are about 40 people involved, including representatives from ASI, the management committee at the Gyanvapi mosque, four plaintiffs who identify as Hindu women, and their attorneys.

The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee has chosen not to take part in the poll.We have disowned the ASI poll, according to the committee's joint secretary SM Yasin.We weren't there (at the Gyanvapi mosque) for the ASI survey, and neither was our advocate. We're not taking part in it.

The Hindu side petitioned the Varanasi court for a directive to have the ASI conduct a "scientificsurvey" of the entire Gyanvapi mosque grounds. The Varanasi court issued its ruling on the petition.

Five women who had previously requested permission to pray at the "Shringar Gauri Sthal" inside the shrine complex submitted the petition in May.On May 16 of last year, a building that was allegedly a "Shivling" by the Hindu side and a "fountain" by the Muslim side was discovered during a court-ordered assessment of the mosque next to the KashiVishwanath temple.

"The Hindu community, which includes crores of people, is experiencing a very great moment right now... According to Sohan Lal Arya, one of the petitioners in the Gyanvapi mosque case, the survey is the sole option for resolving the Gyanvapi issue.

What did Varanasi court say?


The Varanasi district court ordered the ASI to conduct a thorough assessment of the Gyanvapi masjid on Friday in order to determine whether the mosque was constructed atop an earlier Hindu temple. The court reasoned that this scientific inquiry is "necessary" in order for the "true facts" to be revealed.
However, the court ruled that the part be excluded because it has been sealed since the Supreme Court's judgment in May 2022. Muslims contend that the area under the seal is actually a portion of a fountain, whereas Hindus assert that a Shivling has been discovered there.
"On Monday, the ASI survey will start. According to Varanasi District Magistrate S Rajalingam, "all the parties, including plaintiffs and defendants involved to the matter, have been informed about it.
Following a directive from the Allahabad high court, the Varanasi district court has consented to hear a request for an ASI survey on May 16.

What did Supreme Court say on Gyanvapi mosque?

The alleged "shivling," which was discovered when another court requested a video survey of the facility, had already been ruled protected by the Supreme Court.
The administrators of the mosque insisted that the building is a component of the water fountain system at the "wazukhana," the reservoir where worshippers bathe before saying namaz.
The Place of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 was allegedly violated, according to attorneys for the mosque, who at one point claimed that the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi mosque lawsuit could not be maintained.
The nature of any house of worship cannot be altered from how it was on August 15, 1947, according to this law. The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid legal conflict was immune from the Act's provisions, nevertheless.
Hanumangarhi mahant Raju Das of Ayodhya is pleased with the Varanasi court's ruling. The seers are thrilled about it, according to chief priest of Ram Janmabhoomi Satyendra Das.


(With inputs from Sudhir Kumar in Varanasi)





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