Priest Somnath Vyas used to perform prayers at the cellar till 1993 before it was closed
The mosque cellar was closed by authorities. File pic
The Varanasi district court on Wednesday granted the family of a priest the right to worship Hindu deities in the Gyanvapi mosque cellar, Hindu side counsel Madan Mohan Yadav said.
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The order was given by district court judge A K Vishvesh.
According to the petition, priest Somnath Vyas used to perform prayers there till 1993 when the cellar was closed by the authorities.
Advocate Yadav said the district administration will make arrangements for performing puja and it will be facilitated by the Kashi Vishwanath Trust.
Allahabad HC notice to Gyanvapi mosque committee
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque, on a plea challenging a Varanasi court’s refusal to direct the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a survey of the ‘wazu khana’ area in the mosque complex.
The order was passed by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agrawal on a revision petition filed by Rakhi Singh, who is one of the plaintiffs in the Shringar Gauri worshipping suit, which is presently pending before the Varanasi district court.
In the application she had filed before the Varanasi court, Singh’s primary contention was that the survey of the ‘wazu khana’, excluding its portion where a ‘Shivling’ was claimed to be found, is necessary to ascertain the religious character of the property in question.
‘Wazu khana’ is where ablutions are performed before offering namaz.
The district judge court had rejected Singh’s application on October 21, 2023.
The judge had observed that in an order passed on May 17, 2022, the court had directed to protect the area where the ‘Shivling’ is stated to have been found and therefore, it is not proper to direct ASI to survey the area.
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