Indian court to hear Hindu plea for worship in contested mosque

FILE PHOTO: A worker stands on a temple rooftop adjacent to the Gyanvapi Mosque ahead of the inauguration of the new Kashi Vishwanath Temple corridor by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the northern city of Varanasi, India, December 12, 2021. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar

(This September 12 story corrects last paragraph to drop reference to Hindu temple being built)

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Monday agreed to hear a petition by a group of Hindu women for the right to worship in a mosque they believe was the site of a Hindu temple, rejecting a Muslim plea to throw out the petition.