The Varanasi district court on Tuesday fixed February 15 to hear an application seeking a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the remaining cellars inside the Gyanvapi mosque.
This comes a week after the court allowed puja in one of the cellars of the mosque.
The petitioner, Rakhi Singh, is also one of the main petitioners in the Shringar Gauri case, which led to the survey of the mosque complex by the ASI last year. Ms. Singh maintained that the religious character of the structure will be fully confirmed with the survey of all the cellars. The Hindu petitioners claim the mosque is a part of the adjacent Kashi Vishwanath temple.
