New Delhi: In a giant win for the Hindu aspect, Varanasi district courtroom on Wednesday allowed the Hindu aspect to supply prayers at ‘Vyas Ka Tekhana’ contained in the Gyanvapi Mosque complicated. “The District Administration should make preparations inside 7 days,” Hindu aspect Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain quoted as saying by information company ANI. “Puja will begin inside seven days. Everybody could have the best to carry out Puja,” the Hindu aspect lawyer added.
Earier on Monday, The Hindu aspect within the Gyanvapi mosque dispute had moved the Supreme Court docket to de-seal the ‘wazukhana’ space, the place a ‘Shivling’ is believed to be positioned, after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) discovered proof of a pre-existing Hindu temple within the complicated.
‘Wazukhana’ Sealed By Supreme Court docket Order
The ‘wazukhana’, the place the place Muslims carry out ablution earlier than providing prayers, was sealed by the Supreme Court docket in 2022, pending the ASI’s survey of the mosque premises. The Hindu aspect, represented by advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, has filed an software to carry the keep order and permit the ASI to conduct one other survey within the ‘wazukhana’ space, with out damaging the ‘Shivling’.
Jain mentioned that the ASI ought to be given permission to check the ‘wazukhana’ space, as it could reveal whether or not it’s a fountain or a ‘Shivling’. “I’ve filed an software within the Supreme Court docket asking to vacate the keep order given on 19 Might 2023. ASI ought to be allowed to conduct a examine and have examine of the ‘Wazukhana’ space. Solely, after the examine it is going to be recognized if it’s a fountain or a Shivling…” he mentioned.
ASI Survey Finds Proof of Hindu Temple
The ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complicated started on August 4, 2023, after the Allahabad Excessive Court docket dismissed the petition of the Muslim litigants, who sought a keep on the Varanasi courtroom’s order for a scientific survey by the ASI. The ASI group used ground-penetrating radar and different scientific devices to look at what lay beneath the floor of the mosque premises. The group additionally surveyed the internal and outer partitions, the cellar and different elements of the complicated, besides the ‘wazukhana’.
On January 27, 2024, Jain claimed that the ASI report, which is 800 pages lengthy, confirmed that the Gyanvapi mosque was constructed after destroying a Hindu temple within the 17th century. He mentioned that the report talked about discovering historic scriptures in Kannada, Devanagari, and Telugu languages contained in the mosque premises, which have been associated to Rudra, Janardan and Vishweshwar. He additionally mentioned that the pillars of the demolished temple have been used to assemble the mosque.
ASI Report Says Hindu Temple Existed
The ASI report, which was submitted to the Varanasi courtroom, said {that a} pre-existing construction was destroyed within the 17th century, throughout the reign of Aurangzeb, and “a part of it was modified and reused” within the present construction. The report additionally mentioned that based mostly on scientific research, it may be mentioned that there “existed a big Hindu temple previous to the development of the present construction.”
The ASI report additionally mentioned that the “western wall of the present construction is the remaining a part of a pre-existing Hindu temple”. The report cited an Arabic-Persian inscription discovered inside a room, which mentioned that the mosque was constructed within the 20th regnal 12 months of Aurangzeb (1676-77 CE).
“Therefore, the pre-existing construction seems to have been destroyed within the 17th century, throughout the reign of Aurangzeb, and a part of it was modified and reused within the present construction. Primarily based on scientific research/survey carried out, examine of architectural stays, uncovered options and artefacts, inscriptions, artwork and sculptures, it may be mentioned that there existed a Hindu temple previous to the development of the present construction,” the ASI report mentioned.
