The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team on Sunday continued its scientific survey work for the third consecutive day at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. A team from the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, also joined the ASI team amid threats by the mosque panel that it would boycott the entire exercise if ‘rumours’ are spread through media that Hindu religious symbols and objects have been found.
Earlier, a counsel for the Hindu side had claimed that a few pieces of idols and remains of the ancient temple were found during the 3D imaging, framing, and scanning inside the Gyanvapi basement, besides some remains of an ancient temple, with the Muslim side rubbishing the claims.
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