The committee that governs the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi has given 1,700 sq. ft of land exterior the mosque to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust in trade for 1,000 sq. ft of land.
Sunil Verma, chief govt officer of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, mentioned that the price of each the plots is equal.
The land given to the temple is a part of the property of the Waqf Board. Verma mentioned that because it couldn’t be purchased, a plot of land which was equal to the worth was handed over to the Masjid Committee.
In April, a Varanasi court docket ordered an archaeological survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Gyanvapi mosque advanced to resolve a decades-old dispute involving the 2 temples.
The court docket, whereas ordering an archaeological survey of a centuries-old mosque advanced adjoining the well-known Kashi Vishwanath temple, mentioned the train was essential to resolve on pleas alleging that the mosque was constructed by the Mughal emperors as a Hindu temple. After it was partially demolished.
A lawsuit was filed in 1991 for restoration of the traditional temple on the web site the place the Gyanvapi Mosque at the moment stands.
On 15 March, the Allahabad High Court reserved its verdict in varied pleas that challenged the sustainability of the 1991 trial earlier than the trial court docket in Varanasi, which sought restoration of an historic temple on the web site the place it’s now. Gyanvapi Mosque is positioned in Varanasi.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
