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‘Gyanvapi Complex Was Always A Temple’: Hindu Women Petitioners Welcome Allahabad HC Verdict

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Curated By: Sanstuti Nath Last Updated: February 26, 2024, 11:35 IST The Muslim side has opposed this claim and maintained that Muslims have always had possession over the mosque’s building (Image: PTI file) Sita Sahu and Manju Vyas– two of the five women at the centre of the Gyanvapi petition welcomed the court’s verdict asserting that there is ample evidence to prove that a temple existed on the mosque premises The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the Gyanvapi mosque management committee’s appeals challenging the Varanasi district judge’s orders appointing the district magistrate as the receiver of the “Vyas Tehkhana” southern cellar of the mosque) and allowing “puja” to be performed there. Sita Sahu and Manju Vyas– two of the five women at the centre of the Gyanvapi petition welcomed the court’s verdict asserting that there is ample evidence to prove that a temple existed on the mosque premises. “It (Gyanvapi complex) was always a temple and we are sure we will win,” said Vyas. Sahu and Vyas, along with Laxmi Devi, Rekha Pathak and …

Hindu Prayers To Continue In Gyanvapi Cellar, Allahabad High Court Rejects Petition

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Gyanvapi Case: Petitioner had requested that he be allowed to enter the tehkhana and resume pooja New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a petition challenging the Varanasi district court’s decision to allow Hindu prayers in a cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque. “Hindu Prayers in the ‘Vyas Tehkhana’ will continue,” Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said dismissing the mosque committee’s petition. The Varanasi district court had last month ruled that a priest can offer prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque called “Vyas Tehkhana”. The district court order was delivered on the petition of Shailendra Kumar Pathak, who said his maternal grandfather Somnath Vyas offered prayers till December 1993. Mr Pathak had requested that, as a hereditary pujari, he be allowed to enter the tehkhana and resume puja. The mosque has four ‘tehkhanas’ (cellars) in the basement, and one of them is still with the Vyas family. The mosque committee had refuted the petitioner’s version. The committee said no idols existed in the cellar, so there was no question of prayers being offered …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Allahabad HC’s Verdict Today On Plea Against Allowing Hindus To Pray In Vyas Tehkhana

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Curated By: Sanstuti Nath Last Updated: February 26, 2024, 08:03 IST The mosque has four ‘tahkhanas’ (cellars) in the basement, of which one is still in the possession of the Vyas family, who used to live there (Photo: News18) The Varanasi district court ruled on January 31 that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque The Allahabad High Court is set to deliver its verdict today in the Gyanvapi Mosque committee’s appeal challenging the Varanasi district judge’s order allowing ‘Puja’ inside the ‘Vyas ka Tehkhana’ (southern cellar of the mosque). A bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal on February 15 reserved the judgment after a four-day hearing on the appeal filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC), which looks after the affairs of the mosque adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple. The decision will be pronounced at 10 am on Monday (February 26). AIMC Plea on Gyanvapi Cellar: Timeline AIMC had moved the high court on February 2, hours after the Supreme Court refused to …