Gyanvapi case – a brief timeline
Citing the ASI survey, the the advocate for the Hindu side Thursday said the Gyanvapi mosque was built on the remains of a pre-existing temple there
In this Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 file photo, Members of the Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) team conduct a scientific survey at the Gyanvapi mosque complex, in Varanasi. (PTI) “The ASI has said there existed a large Hindu temple prior to the construction of the existing structure,” advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi dispute, said on Thursday night. A brief timeline of the case so far:
May 16, 2022: Videographic survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque completed by a commission appointed by a local court. During the survey proceedings, a structure, which the Hindu side claimed was a “shivling”, and the Muslim side claimed was a “fountain”, found to be inside the mosque premises.
July 21, 2023: Scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex ordered by Varanasi district court to ascertain whether the mosque was “constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple”. This time, District and Sessions Judge A K Vishvesha directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to “undertake scientific investigation/survey/excavation at the property in question, that is, settlement plot number 9130 (Gyanvapi mosque)”.
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