Court permits Hindus to offer prayers at Gyanvapi mosque complex

The court has asked district administration to make the necessary arragments in the next seven days….reports Asian Lite News

A Varanasi court on Wednesday allowed Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the ‘Vyas Ka Tekhana’ area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

The court has asked district administration to make the necessary arragments in the next seven days.

Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side said, ” …Puja will start within seven days. Everyone will have the right to perform Puja. Hindu side allowed to offer prayers at ‘Vyas Ka Tekhana’. The District Administration will have to make arrangements within 7 days.”

The mosque has four ‘tahkhanas’ (cellars) in the basement out of which one is still in possession of the Vyas family who used to live here. Vyas had petitioned that as hereditary pujari he be allowed to enter the tahkhana and resume pooja.

Meanwhile, working President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and senior advocate Alok Kumar expressed his happiness regarding the Varanasi district court’s decision allowing the Hindu side to offer prayers at the Gyanvapi complex.

In an official statement, Kumar said, “We are happy that today the court has said that the plaintiff in that suit, along with the Kashi Vishwanath Trust, shall appoint a ‘Pujari’ to ensure regular ‘Puja Archna’ and performance of other rituals in that basement temple. This restores the status quo ante. This gives us the right to offer worship to the Lord at that place.”

He further expressed confidence that the final judgement in the main suits would also be in their favour, and the Hindus would get back the Gyanvapi place.

“We hope that this will be a precursor to the expeditious decision of the main suit. Based on available evidence and our understanding of the law, we do hope that the final judgement in the main suits will also be in our favour, and the Hindus shall get back the Gyanvapi place for the Temple of Adi Visweshwara for the good and welfare of humanity,” Kumar said in the statement.

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