Gyanvapi Mosque
Mosque and former Hindu temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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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.
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Unfortunate that some call Gyanvapi a mosque: YogiIndiaTimes - Published | |
'Gyanvapi not mosque, but Vishwanath himself': UP CM Yogi AdityanathIndiaTimes - Published | |
Hindu side's plea for repairs in Gyanvapi basement nixedIndiaTimes - Published | |
Hindu side requests court to allow ASI to dig premises for survey in Gyanvapi caseThe Hindu side in the Gyanvapi mosque case has requested a Varanasi court to allow an ASI survey involving digging in the premises. The court scheduled the next hearing for September 18, where the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
NIA court seeks security for Gyanvapi survey order judgeSpecial judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar seeks enhanced security after threats related to his 2022 Gyanvapi mosque verdict in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Adnan Khan faces FIR for issuing threats against Judge..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Getting threats from international phone numbers, says Gyanvapi judgeIndiaTimes - Published | |
Devotees offer prayers to goddess in Gyanvapi cellarIndiaTimes - Published | |
Supreme Court declines to stop puja of deities in Gyanvapi cellarIndiaTimes - Published | |
SC refuses to stop Hindu prayers in Gyanvapi Mosque, seeks response from Kashi Vishwanath Temple trusteesSC refused to stay the Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque and sought a response from the Kashi Vishwanath Temple trustees on the plea of the mosque management committee.DNA - Published | |
Gyanvapi row: Allahabad HC dismisses plea challenging order permitting Hindus to offer prayers in basementAllahabad HC dismisses plea challenging order permitting Hindus to offer prayers in basement.DNA - Published | |
'No sides should have any issues now': Kashi Vishwanath Trust chairman on GyanvapiAfter Varanasi Court's decision in the Gyanvapi Mosque case, Kashi Vishwanath Trust chairman stated that the pooja will start soon. The court ordered the opening and worship at the 'Tehkhana' inside..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Court allows worship of Hindu deities in Gyanvapi basement; Muslim side to move HC to challenge orderDistrict judge allows regular worship of Hindu deities in southern cellar of Gyanvapi Masjid. An iron fence will be erected for the plaintiff and a priest assigned by Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Lost hope for justice: Muslim sideVHP welcomes Varanasi court's decision to allow a priest to worship deities in Gyanvapi mosque cellar. AIM expresses disappointment. AIM advocate to challenge the order. VHP president praises the..IndiaTimes - Published | VHP welcomes court order on Gyanvapi CellarVHP welcomes Varanasi court's decision to allow a priest to worship deities in Gyanvapi mosque cellar. AIM expresses disappointment. AIM advocate to challenge the order. VHP president praises the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Gyanvapi mosque case: What is 'Vyas ji ka Tahkhana'?What is the 'Vyas ji ka tahkhana'? Know about the Hindu worship chamber in Kashi's Gyanvapi mosque.DNA - Published | Hindus allowed to pray at sealed basement of Gyanvapi complexIndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA |
Fast-track court also says unseal ASI report on Gyanvapi study: A Varanasi fast-track court of civil judge (senior division) Prashant Kumar Singh on Tuesday ordered the unsealing of Archaeological Survey of India's Gyanvapi survey report, and directed ASI to hand..IndiaTimes - Published | Hindu side moves SC for ASI survey of 'Shivling' in sealed area of Gyanvapi mosqueHindu women plaintiffs in the Varanasi court seek direction from the Supreme Court for a scientific survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to determine the nature and features of a..IndiaTimes - Published |
Cops cut short seer's Gyanvapi marchDistrict administration stopped Jyotishpeeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati's bid to march to the Gyanvapi complex on Monday to performing a circumambulation of the "original..IndiaTimes - Published | Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi case: 'No court commissioner survey of Idgah, interim orders to continue', says SCSupreme Court extends stay on Commission for Shahi Eidgah Mosque in Gyanvapi case. Hearing adjourned until April. Hindu plaintiff urges court to revoke order on scientific survey of 'Shivling' in..IndiaTimes - Published |
Gyanvapi case plaintiffs to move to Supreme Court today for survey of cellarsThe Hindu women plaintiffs in the Gyanvapi case will approach the Supreme Court to request the opening of sealed cellars in the Varanasi mosque. These cellars are believed to contain evidence of a..IndiaTimes - Published | UP CM Yogi Adityanath upholds ASI report on Gyanvapi survey, emphasises India's tradition, heritageUP CM Yogi Adityanath supports ASI report on Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. The report reveals a pre-existing Hindu temple prior to the construction of the mosque. CM Yogi emphasizes India's..IndiaTimes - Published |
VHP leader urges court to sanction puja in Wazukhana area, Muslims to shift Gyanvapi mosque after ASI survey reportFollowing the ASI survey findings confirming that the Gyanvapi mosque was raised on the ruins of a Hindu temple, the Vishva Hindu Parishad calls for worship to begin in the disputed Wazukhana area. VHP..IndiaTimes - Published | Muslims should hand over Gyanvapi mosque to Hindus: Union minister Giriraj SinghBJP leader Giriraj Singh appeals to Muslims to hand over the Gyanvapi mosque to Hindus for communal harmony, citing the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Singh also claims that there are no..IndiaTimes - Published |
Gyanvapi holds Friday prayers under security blanketIndiaTimes - Published | Muslim side doubts Gyanvapi idol partsFragments of 'idols' found in Gyanvapi complex may have been dumped by sculptors from rented shops before it was demolished, says mosque custodian. Hindu plaintiffs dispute Muslim claim, citing ASI's..IndiaTimes - Published |
Gyanvapi case: 'The western wall of existing structure is remaining part of pre-existing Hindu temple'IndiaTimes - Published | ASI report says temple was on Gyanvapi site: Hindu sideA Hindu temple existed at the site of the Gyanvapi Masjid before it was constructed in the 17th century, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs in the Shringar Gauri case said Thursday, quoting from..IndiaTimes - Published |
Gyanvapi built on remains of pre-existing temple: Hindu side lawyer on ASI survey reportHe also claimed that the survey report has sufficient evidence of existence of a temple over which the mosque was built.DNA - Published | Wuzukhana case: HC judge recuses selfJustice Manish Kumar Nigam of Allahabad HC Wednesday recused himself from hearing a civil revision petition challenging the Varanasi district judge's order dated Oct 21, 2023, through which it had..IndiaTimes - Published |
Both sides can get ASI report on Gyanvapi: District judgeVaranasi district judge rules that both Hindu plaintiffs and Muslim respondents in the Shringar Gauri case should receive copies of ASI's survey report on the disputed Gyanvapi mosque compound. The..IndiaTimes - Published | ASI survey report on Gyanvapi to be made public; both sides to receive hard copyThe court said the parties shall give an affidavit to keep the report with them and not make it public after getting the report.DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes |
Gyanvapi wuzukhana cleaned after SC nodIndiaTimes - Published | Cleaning of 'Wazukhana' area of Gyanvapi Mosque starts under strict security arrangementsUnder strict security arrangements, the cleaning of the Gyanvapi Mosque's Wazukhana area began. The Supreme Court allowed the cleaning of the entire 'wazukhana' area, where a Shivling was found, on the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Clean sealed Gyanvapi wuzu tank, Supreme Court tells UP govtIndiaTimes - Published | Submit Gyanvapi report by January 19: Fast-track court to ASICivil judge (senior division) Prashant Kumar's order came a day prior to the district judge's court taking up ASI's plea to postpone by four weeks the disclosure of the contents of its sealed survey..IndiaTimes - Published |
Don't make Gyanvapi report public for 4 more weeks: ASIIndiaTimes - Published | ASI urges Varanasi court not to make Gyanvapi survey report public for 4 more weeksIndiaTimes - Published |
Gyanvapi verdict: Varanasi Court to present ASI scientific report todayThe Varanasi district Court will present the ASI's scientific report on the Gyanvapi mosque survey today. In the Gyanvapi Shringar Gauri case, the Hindu side will present its objection to the..IndiaTimes - Published | Will challenge Allahabad high court's Gyanvapi order in Supreme Court, says JamiatJamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) plans to challenge Allahabad high court's order on the right to worship at Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi. Maulana Arshad Madani, JUH leader, hopes that such issues in Kashi and..IndiaTimes - Published |
Allahabad high court clears way for further ASI study at Gyanvapi mosque, if requiredThe Allahabad high court dismissed petitions by Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM) and UP Sunni Central Waqf Board challenging civil suits seeking the right to worship at the Gyanvapi complex and..IndiaTimes - Published | Gyanvapi mosque dispute: Allahabad high court rejects maintainability pleaThe Allahabad High Court rejects five petitions challenging the maintainability of a civil suit seeking the restoration of a temple at the site of the Gyanvapi mosque. The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid..IndiaTimes - Published |
Allahabad HC to pronounce verdict on pleas challenging Gyanvapi survey todayThe petitions filed have also challenged a Varanasi court order of April 8, 2021, to conduct a comprehensive survey of the Gyanvapi mosque.DNA - Published | High court judgment on maintainability of Gyanvapi temple suit todayThe Allahabad High Court is set to deliver its judgment on Tuesday regarding the five petitions filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM) and others. These petitions challenge the maintainability of a..IndiaTimes - Published |
After 7 extensions, ASI submits survey report on GyanvapiThe Archaeological Survey of India on Monday submitted its report on the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in two sealed envelopes before Varanasi district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha,..IndiaTimes - Published | ASI submits Gyanvapi survey report in Varanasi court, next hearing on December 21The ASI submitted the Gyanvapi mosque survey report to the Varanasi district court in a sealed cover. The Hindu side objected to the report being sealed and requested its availability in the public..IndiaTimes - Published |
Krishna Janmabhoomi land dispute: All you need to know about the landmark caseThe Allahabad High Court has approved a scientific survey on the Shahi Idgah complex in Mathura, similar to the one conducted at the Gyanvapi Temple in Varanasi. The survey will be carried out as part..IndiaTimes - Published | Court gives ASI another week for Gyanvapi survey reportThe Varanasi district judge granted the Archaeological Survey of India on Monday an additional week to submit the scientific study and survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, setting the new..IndiaTimes - Published |
One of the 3 plaintiffs in 1991 Gyanvapi case passes awayIndiaTimes - Published | In 6th extension, ASI gets 10 more days to submit Gyanvapi reportIndiaTimes - Published |
