Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath case: Varanasi court allows scientific survey of mosque premises | India News

NEW DELHI: A Varanasi court on Friday granted permission for the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
The petition filed in the case by the Hindu side had sought a direction to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to survey the entire mosque complex.
The ASI has been directed to produce a study report before the court by August 4
A videographic survey of the Gyanvapi complex last year had revealed what the Hindu side claimed was a ‘Shivling’ inside the mosque premises. The Muslim side has insisted that the structure is merely a fountain.
‘Turning point in case’
Hailing the order, Vishnu Shankar Jain, the counsel for the Hindu side, said this was a turning point in the case.
Jain had argued in court that the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute can be resolved only by an archaeological investigation of the entire mosque complex.
He said the situation can become clear after examining “in a modern way” the three domes of the Gyanvapi complex, the western wall of the complex and the entire complex.
(With inputs from agencies)