Puja will continue in the southern cellar of the Varanasi-based Gyanvapi mosque as the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging a district court’s order to allow prayers.
The High Court also observed that the 1993 decision by the then Uttar Pradesh government [headed by the Samajwadi Party] to stop the worship inside the cellar was “illegal”.
The Varanasi district court on January 31 allowed prayers inside the ‘Vyas Ka Tehkhana’ (then sealed basement) area of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, adjoining the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
