New Delhi: The Gyanvapi masjid committee on Friday mentioned the ASI survey of the mosque, which Hindu facet attorneys declare was constructed on the stays of a pre-existing temple, is only a report and never a judgment.
The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee mentioned they’re learning the ASI survey report after which they’d make feedback.
Mohd Yasin, secretary of the committee which manages the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, mentioned, “That is only a report and never a ‘faisala’ (judgment). There are a number of sorts of stories. It isn’t the ultimate phrase on the problem.” He mentioned they’d current their views when the Supreme Court docket hears the matter regarding the Locations of Worship (Particular Provisions) Act, 1991.
The Act mandates that the “spiritual character” of a spot, besides the Ram temple in Ayodhya, can’t be modified from what existed on August 15, 1947.
Responding to the newest developments, BJP chief and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Friday mentioned Muslims ought to hand over the Gyanvapi mosque website to Hindus, and mentioned no statements must be made that may disrupt communal concord.
Legal professionals of the Hindu petitioners within the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi case on Thursday claimed that the report of a scientific survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) suggests the mosque was constructed on the stays of a pre-existing temple.
Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing 4 ladies petitioners within the case, mentioned the 839-page report makes it clear that the mosque, which stands adjoining to the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir, was constructed on the stays of a grand Hindu temple after it was demolished within the seventeenth century in the course of the reign of Aurangzeb.
He additional claimed that the survey report has enough proof of the existence of a temple on the place the place the mosque now stands.
Madan Mohan Yadav, a lawyer representing one of many Hindu petitioners, Rakhi Singh, mentioned in the course of the survey, proof has been discovered at 32 locations suggesting the existence of a temple there.
Jain claimed particles of the statues of Hindu gods had been present in two basements in the course of the survey. Some components of the pre-existing temple together with pillars had been used within the building of the Gyanvapi mosque, he added.
He claimed the order and the date of demolition of the temple are inscribed on stone in Persian language. A stone with “mahamukti” inscribed on it has additionally been discovered.
Jain additional claimed that the western wall within the rear facet of the mosque is the wall of the pre-existing temple. A “ghanta” (a big measurement bell) and a “swastik” image are inscribed on the wall, he mentioned, including that the report says the roof of the basement is positioned on pillars of temples in Nagara model.
“These proof point out that when the temple of Adivishwara was demolished by Aurangzeb within the seventeenth century, a grand temple was pre-existing there,” Jain claimed.
He mentioned they’d enchantment within the courtroom for a survey of the wazu khana, the place ablutions are carried out earlier than namaz. On the premise of the report, they’d current their facet by putting proof earlier than the courtroom in the course of the subsequent listening to on February 6, he added.
The ASI report says, “Primarily based on the scientific research and observations – central chamber and important entrance of the pre-existing construction is current construction, western chamber and western wall, reuse of pillars and pilasters of pre-existing construction within the current construction, inscriptions on the present construction, Arabic and Persian inscription on the unfastened stone, sculptural stays in cellars, and so forth – it may be mentioned that there existed a big Hindu temple, previous to the development of the present construction.” Stays of a fowl determine carved on the doorsill seems to be that of a cock, the report says, and provides that the western wall of the present construction is the remaining a part of a pre-existing Hindu temple. This wall, manufactured from stones and adorned with horizontal moulding, is fashioned by remaining components of the western chamber, western projections of the central chamber and western partitions of the 2 chambers on its north and south. Central chamber hooked up to the wall nonetheless exists unchanged whereas modifications have been made to each the facet chambers.
In keeping with the report, the pillars and pilasters used within the current construction had been studied systematically and scientifically. For the enlargement of the mosque and setting up sahan, components of the pre-existing temple together with pillars and pilasters had been reused with little modifications. Minute research of the pillars and pilasters within the hall recommend that they had been initially a part of the pre-existing Hindu temple, it says.
For his or her reuse within the current construction, vyala figures carved on both facet of lotus medallion had been mutilated and after eradicating the stone mass from the corners that area was adorned with floral design. This commentary is supported by two comparable pilasters nonetheless current on the northern and southern partitions of the western chamber of their authentic place, the ASI report says.
In the course of the survey, the report says, various inscriptions had been observed on the present and pre-existing construction. These are, in truth, inscriptions on the stones of the pre-existing Hindu temples, which have been reused in the course of the building/restore of the present construction. They embrace inscriptions in Devnagari, Grantha, Telugu and Kannada scripts, it provides.
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