Gyanvapi Mosque Survey To Continue. Court Says "Necessary For Justice"

The ASI survey was ordered after a petition claiming it was the only way to determine whether the landmark mosque was built after razing a Hindu temple.

The Archaeological Survey of India will continue its survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, the Allahabad High Court ruled today. The mosque committee had challenged the survey of the mosque, which is next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi.

"Allahabad High Court has said that ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex will start. Sessions court order is upheld by the High Court," Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in Gyanvapi survey case told reporters.

The ASI survey had been ordered by a Varanasi court on July 21, based on a petition by four women who claimed it was the only way to determine whether the landmark mosque was built after razing a Hindu temple. The mosque is located right next to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath Temple.