INDIA, January 27, 2024 (Live Mint):The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on 27 January claimed the Archeological Survey of India’s report has reconfirmed that the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi was constructed after demolishing a magnificent temple at the site, reported news agency PTI. The VHP also sought the structure be declared a Hindu temple and handed over to the community. It demanded Hindus be permitted to offer seva puja to the Shivlinga found in the so-called Wazukhana area at the disputed site. “The evidence collected and the conclusions provided by the ASI do prove that the religious character of this place of worship existed on the 15th day of August, 1947, and as at present is of a Hindu Temple,” VHP working president Alok Kumar said in a statement. “Thus, even as per Section 4 of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, the structure should be declared as a Hindu temple,” he also demanded.

The VHP called upon the Intezamia Committee, which manages the mosque, to agree to “respectfully shift” the Gyanvapi mosque to another appropriate place and to hand over the original site of Kashi Vishvanatha to the Hindu society. “The VHP believes that this righteous action shall be an important step towards creating amicable relations between the two prominent communities of Bharat,” Kumar said. The Hindu body’s demands arrived two days after the ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex was made public. The lawyer representing the Hindu litigants had claimed the mosque was built after demolishing a pre-existing temple.

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