Varanasi court allows ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque

A Varanasi court today allowed an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque, which is located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple. The scientific survey of the complex, except the disputed 'Shivling' structure, will be conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). 

The Hindu side had filed a petition seeking the court's direction to the ASI to survey the entire Gyanvapi mosque complex.

Earlier, in May, the Muslim side filed its objection to a petition seeking a direction to the ASI to survey the entire Gyanvapi mosque complex.

After an Allahabad High Court order, the Varanasi district court had on May 16 agreed to hear a plea for a survey by the ASI of the entire mosque premises.