How Experts Will Determine If Gyanvapi Mosque Was Built On A Temple

Gyanvapi mosque survey was cleared by the Allahabad High Court over a petition claiming that the 17th-century mosque has been constructed over a temple.

The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) is conducting a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi which is located next to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple. The survey was cleared by the Allahabad High Court over the petition by four women claiming that the 17th-century mosque has been constructed over a temple.

Why is the survey being conducted?

Hindu activists claim that a temple existed earlier at the site of the Gyanvapi mosque and was demolished in the 17th century on the order of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.