CM Yadav told ANI, "The decision taken by the Varanasi District Court in the Gyanvapi case is a milestone decision...I want to congratulate the court...the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) report itself indicating in whose favour the decision should be."
Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, said there was, till date, no written order available with any government showing how Hindu devotees were stopped from offering prayers inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday upheld the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex that revealed there "existed a large Hindu temple prior to the construction of the existing structure".
Following the Archaeological Survey of India's survey findings at the Gyanvapi mosque, confirming that it was raised on the ruins of a temple, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Alok Kumar called for the start of worship in the disputed Wazukhana area.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in its survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque has stated that a lot of Terracotta objects including figurines of deities and fragmentary figures of Lord Hanuman and Lord Ganesha were found from debris in the western wall area of the premises.
"Today is a day of immense joy. We have received another happiness after Ram Temple. The Varanasi Court has made the ASI report public, in which there is proof that the mosque was built after razing down a temple," Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya said on Thursday.
"In the Gynavapi case, the ASI has given a decisive report. It is clear that before the current structure, there was a huge Sanatani Temple. I appeal to the Muslim side that they should hand the rights of the Hindus back to them and set an example that if the Mughals did something incorrect,
"Based on the scientific studies and observations on central chamber and main entrance of the pre-existing structure in existing structure, western chamber and western wall, reuse of pillars and pilasters of pre-existing structure in the existing structure, inscriptions on the existing st
"According to the ASI report, a Hindu temple was destroyed to construct the current structure. The Western Wall is 5000 years old, and it belongs to a Hindu temple. The ASI said that pictures of Hindu gods and goddesses are found on the walls of the structure. Inscriptions are in different l
The ASI survey was ordered by the Varanasi court after the Hindu petitioners claimed the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing temple.
A day after the Varanasi district court ruled that Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex will be given to litigants on both sides, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, the counsel for the Hindu side said that ASI has made a "conclusive finding" and sai