Gyanvapi mosque built on pre-existing temple remains, claims lawyer citing ASI survey

PTI Updated - January 25, 2024 at 11:35 PM.
Vishnu Shankar Jain, counsel for the Hindu side claims the report provides ample evidence of the temple’s existence beneath the mosque, intensifying the ongoing legal battle. | Photo Credit: PTI

The ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi complex here suggests that the mosque was built on remains of a pre-existing temple, claimed counsel for the Hindu side Vishnu Shankar Jain on Thursday.

Jain told reporters that copies of the survey report consisting of 839 pages were made available to the parties concerned by the court late Thursday evening.

The survey report makes it clear that the mosque was built on remains of a pre-existing temple by demolishing it in the past, he said.

He also claimed that the survey report has sufficient evidence of existence of a temple over which the mosque was built.

A total of 11 people, including from both the Hindu and the Muslim sides, earlier in the day applied in the court to get the ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi complex adjoining the Kashi Vishwanath temple.

Published on January 25, 2024 18:05

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