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The Gyanvapi Mosque is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was constructed c. 1678, a decade after Aurangzeb's demolition of a Shiva temple that stood at the site.
May 15, 2022 · Gyanvapi Mosque, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, is currently facing a legal battle. A court in Varanasi has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to probe the structure of the Gyanvapi Masjid.
May 17, 2022 · The Gyanvapi mosque is built on the ruins of the Vishwanath temple, a grand 16th Century Hindu shrine. The temple was partially destroyed in 1669 on the orders of Aurangzeb, the sixth...
May 24, 2022 · A court-mandated survey of the masjid had reportedly thrown up evidence strengthening the suspicion of several Hindu believers and religious outfits: Gyanvapi could have been built on the foundation of the famed Vishweshwara Temple that Aurangzeb destroyed in 1669.
May 26, 2022 · Prinsep, in his book 'Benares Illustrated, A Series of Drawings', discussed the architecture of the old Vishveshwar temple, the present Gyanvapi mosque and how Mughals under Aurangzeb converted the original structure into a capacious masjid to establish their religious hegemony. advertisement.
May 16, 2022 · The Gyanvapi Masjid is located near the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi. Some believe that the Kashi Vishwanath temple has gone through multiple...
July 21, 2023: Varanasi district court ordered scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex to find out whether the mosque was “constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple”.
Jan 24, 2024 · The ongoing controversy began in 2019 when Varanasi-based lawyer Vijay Shankar Rastogi filed a petition in the lower court claiming illegality in the construction of the Gyanvapi mosque. Here is a complete timeline of the Gyanvapi Mosque case.
Feb 26, 2024 · Gyanvapi Mosque Case Live Updates: The Allahabad high court on Monday upheld the Varanasi court's order allowing the Hindu side to pray inside Vyas Tehkhana of Gyanvapi. The high court's verdict comes days after it reserved its decision on the matter.
Jul 30, 2023 · LUCKNOW: The Gyanvapi Masjid that stands adjacent the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi is caught in a multi-pronged legal battle as Hindus claim the original Lingam of the erstwhile ...
