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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...
Jan 31, 2024 09:00 PM IST. Here is a timeline of the Gyanvapi case with details about what happened and when. Varanasi district court on Wednesday allowed people to perform pooja in the cellar on...
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.
Feb 1, 2024 · The Gyanvapi Mosque was built during the Mughal Empire in a city where Hindus from across the country cremate relatives by the Ganges river. Hindu worshippers claim the mosque replaced a...
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.
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...
A report by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has said that a large Hindu temple existed before the construction of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, signifying a tipping point in the ...
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 ...
