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Varanasi court will deliver important verdict in Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri dispute today. The district court will decide whether to hear the petition seeking permission to worship at the Shringar Gauri temple located on the premises of the Gyanvapi Masjid. Varanasi District Judge AK Vishvesh had reserved the verdict till September 12 after the hearing held last month.
In view of the court’s order in this case, which is considered very sensitive, Section 144 has been implemented in the surrounding areas. Police force has been deployed in the area having mixed Hindu-Muslim population in the city. Police have increased patrolling in some areas since last night so that the law and order situation does not deteriorate after the order.
What is the case related to Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri?
Five Hindu women have sought permission to worship Hindu deities present in the Gyanvapi mosque premises. These women especially sought permission to worship Shringar Gauri every day. A survey was also done in the mosque on the orders of the court. After the survey, the Hindu side claimed that the Shivling is present in the basement of the mosque, while the Muslim side had told it to be a fountain. What happened in the case so far, understand in 3 points…
- On August 18, 2021, 5 women had reached the court in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex, seeking permission for daily worship of Goddesses including Maa Shringar Gauri, Ganesh ji, Hanuman ji and other deities present in the premises. Right now worship is held here only once in a year.
- These five petitioners are being led by Rakhi Singh from Delhi, the remaining four women are Sita Sahu, Manju Vyas, Lakshmi Devi and Rekha Pathak from Banaras.
- On 26 April 2022, the Varanasi Civil Court had ordered videography and survey for verification of Shringar Gauri and other deities in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex.
The Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi is located within the Kashi Vishwanath Temple campus, one wall of the mosque looks like the ruins of a temple.
Argument of Hindus: Aurangzeb broke the temple and built the Gyanvapi Mosque
- It is believed that in 1669, Aurangzeb broke a part of the Kashi Vishwanath temple and built the Gyanvapi Mosque. Some historians say that in the 14th century, the Sharqi Sultan of Jaunpur had demolished the temple and built the Gyanvapi Mosque.
- According to some beliefs, the Vishwanath temple and the Gyanvapi mosque were built by Akbar in 1585 under the new religion Din-e-Ilahi.
- Between the mosque and Vishwanath temple there is a 10 feet deep well, which is called Gyanvapi. The mosque got its name after this well. It is said in Skanda Purana that Lord Shiva himself had made this well for Lingabhishek with his trident.
- It was here that Shiva had imparted knowledge to his wife Parvati, hence the name of this place Gyanvapi or the well of knowledge. This well is directly related to the mythological period in the legends, beliefs of common people.
Argument of Muslim side: This waqf property, name Shahi Masjid Alamgir
- The counter-arguments of the Masajid Committee are continuing since August 22. The Muslim side said that the Waqf Board was formed in the year 1936. It was revealed in the Gazette of the year 1944 that the name of Gyanvapi Masjid is Shahi Masjid Alamgir.
- The property belonged to Emperor Alamgir i.e. Aurangzeb. Badshah Alamgir’s name was also recorded as a waqf performer. In this way, the mosque was built in the year 1669 on the property donated (donated) by Emperor Aurangzeb under the 1400-year-old Sharai law and since then till today Namaz is being offered there.
- Apart from this, when the settlement came into force during the British rule in 1883-84, survey was done and Araji number was made. It was also shown in Araji number 9130 at that time that there is a mosque, a grave, a graveyard, a tomb, a well. Even in the old cases it has been decided that the Gyanvapi Masjid is the property of the Waqf.
- The government also considers it to be a Waqf property, that is why the mosque was not taken into account in the Kashi Vishwanath Act. In the year 2021, the land was exchanged between the mosque and the temple management, that too assuming it to be a Waqf property. Therefore, the case of Maa Shringar Gauri is not maintainable in the civil court.
Riots happened 213 years ago regarding the mosque adjacent to Vishwanath temple, court case in 1991
The Hindu side believes that Aurangzeb built the Gyanvapi Mosque in 1699 by demolishing the Kashi Vishwanath temple. The matter has been going on in the court since 1991.
The ongoing controversy regarding the Gyanvapi mosque built in the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple of Varanasi is years old. There have been riots about these temple-mosques 213 years ago. However, after independence there was no riot over this issue. The first petition filed for the removal of Gyanvapi and handing over its land to the Kashi Vishwanath temple was filed in 1991 after the Ram temple issue arose in Ayodhya. Read this special news of Bhaskar on the history of Gyanvapi Masjid, beliefs and controversy related to it regarding Kashi Vishwanath temple …
Despite the claim of Shivling in Gyanvapi, the case of Hindu side can be dismissed, know how
This is a picture of the back side of Gyanvapi, which the Hindu side claims that it is the ruins of the temple, hence they have the right to it.
Hindu side’s claim in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Masjid dispute may be rejected. The Anjuman Intejamia Managing Committee has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court saying that the order of the Varanasi Civil Court conducting the survey of the Gyanvapi campus is clearly in violation of The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991. After this, the entire debate of the Gyanvapi controversy rests around this law. We are explaining The Places of Worship Act and all the aspects related to it in simple language.
It is like a pigeon blinded that there is no cat’, a heated debate in Parliament on Worship Bill
This is an aerial view of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the Gyanvapi Masjid in that campus, which shows that the structures of both are very close.
‘I had heard a thing in my childhood. When a pigeon sees a cat, it knows that the cat will eat it. Cats find pigeon very tasty. The pigeon is so naive and innocent that he thinks that if I close the eyes, the cat will not be seen. In this way the cat eats it. To maintain religious places as in 1947, means to turn a blind eye to a cat like a pigeon.’ This was stated by BJP leader Uma Bharti during the debate on The Places of Worship Bill (Places of Worship Bill) in the Lok Sabha on 9 September 1991. What happened in Parliament after the introduction of this bill, read all the highlights here…
Not only Gyanvapi, Taj Mahal and Mathura, there is also a dispute about 10 mosques in 5 states
A petition has also been filed for a survey of the Shahi Idgah Masjid located in the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi complex in Mathura on the lines of Gyanvapi.
The dispute of Gyanvapi Masjid located in Varanasi was not over yet that now the petition has reached the court to conduct a survey of the mosque located in the premises of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura. On the other hand, a petition has been filed regarding the claim of the Taj Mahal also being the Shiva temple Tejo Mahalaya. Meanwhile, some activists of Hindu organizations reciting Hanuman Chalisa near Qutub Minar in Delhi demanded that it be renamed as Vishnu Stambh. However, the temple-mosque controversy is not new in India. The most discussed in this was the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute, which came to an end in 2019 after the Supreme Court order. Which 10 disputes related to temple-mosque in the country? What is the reason for these disputes and what is the demand? What is the history of these mosques?
Police Commissioner took charge in Varanasi
Varanasi Police Commissioner A Satish Ganesh said, “A Varanasi court is likely to pronounce a verdict on an important matter. Section 144 was imposed in the city. Police force is deployed in areas where mixed population lives. Patrolling is on.” We are trying our best not to create any law and order situation.” Social media monitoring. Bomb disposal squad and dog squad have been deployed in the district court premises keeping special vigil. Read this news to stay updated with the latest situation in Varanasi…