Crucial Court Order Today On Carbon Dating Of 'Shivling' In Gyanvapi Case
NDTV
Varanasi's district court will pass an order today on a plea by Hindu women petitioners for carbon dating of a purported 'Shivling' at Gyanvapi mosque
The court of Varanasi's senior-most judge is expected to pass a crucial order today on a plea by Hindu women petitioners for a scientific investigation, including carbon dating, of a purported 'Shivling' found inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex earlier this year during a video survey carried out on the orders of a lower court in the temple town.
Four of the five Hindu women petitioners -- whose original plea to pray yearlong at a shrine inside the Gyanvapi mosque -- are being heard in the district judge's court, had filed the "scientific investigation" plea last month, saying it was necessary to determine the age of the 'Shivling'.
In their plea, the women said such an investigation could involve the carbon dating process and be carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India, a government body.
One of the five Hindu women, though, had taken a divergent view, objecting to the scientific investigation plea by the four other women, saying that any testing, including carbon dating, may harm the 'Shivling'.
