We will make the SC aware about our decision regarding the alternative arrangements VARANASI ... should be asked to go to neighbouring Razia mosque for wuzu.” Following the meeting with the ...

Varanasi: The Archaeological Survey of India ... situated at the present-day Razia Sultana Mosque site. During the reign of Razia Sultana (1236-1240), a mosque was constructed on the vacant ...

IMAGE: The Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. Photograph ... The Adi Vishweshwur temple (next to the sultanate period 'Razia's mosque') was built around the year 1700 by the rulers of Amber.

The Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Gyanvapi mosque stand side by side in the heart of Varanasi. The mosque was built in the 17th century by Mughal ruler Aurangzeb after demolishing a Hindu temple.

Security personnel stand guard near the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi [File: Niharika Kulkarni/AFP] In May 2022, some Hindu patrons went to the Varanasi local court asking for permission to worship ...

But the discovery of the oval object has galvanised a raft of court petitions that aim to reclaim the mosque precincts as a Hindu place of worship. Varanasi has grown tense, with Hindutva groups ...

A district court in Varanasi will on Monday deliver its verdict on whether a civil suit by Hindu plaintiffs seeking the right to pray inside the Gyanvapi mosque premises is maintainable.

The court of Varanasi district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha will restart hearing on the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (AIM) - the mosque management committee - arguments challenging the maintainability ...

LUCKNOW, India, Jan 31 (Reuters) - An Indian court on Wednesday ruled that Hindus can offer prayers in a 17th century mosque in the holy city of Varanasi, a lawyer for the Hindu petitioners said ...