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VARANASI: In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compliance\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>instructions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prayers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inside\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gyanvapi\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>mosque<\/a>‘s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cellar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday\u00a0<\/span>night,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagendra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pandey,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>president\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vishwanath\u00a0<\/span><\/span>temple\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trust.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>An\u00a0<\/span>important\u00a0<\/span>milestone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>dispute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mosque\u00a0<\/span><\/span>next\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vishwanath\u00a0<\/span><\/span>temple\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occurred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>decided\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>priest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>offer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prayers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>front\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>idols\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gyanvapi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Masjid’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crypt.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Approximately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10.30\u00a0<\/span>p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pandey,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Vyas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ji’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cellar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>opened\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>31\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prayers.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Yes,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prayers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>basement.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>necessary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>follow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court’s\u00a0<\/span>orders,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>arrangements\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>great\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promptness,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pandey\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>District\u00a0<\/span>Magistrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajlingam,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>followed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>directive.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>villagers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘aarti’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>involving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Goddess\u00a0<\/span>Lakshmi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lord\u00a0<\/span>Ganesh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>done\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cellar’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cleansing.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>barricades\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>front\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nandi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>monument\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mosque’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“wazukhana”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>down\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approximately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>9:30\u00a0<\/span>p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashi-Vishwanath\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Trust\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contacted.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>municipal\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>instructed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prayers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cellar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>week.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“proper\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrangements”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>metal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>barricades\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>complex\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>necessary\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Akhilesh\u00a0<\/span>Yadav,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>president\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Samajwadi\u00a0<\/span>Party,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>took\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Yogi\u00a0<\/span>Adityanath\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claiming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hurry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>obeying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span>decisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>attempt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>thwart\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>action.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Any\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>followed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>upholding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>process.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven-day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>period\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varanasi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrangements).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Yadav\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>X\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“what\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>witnessing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>right\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>deliberate\u00a0<\/span>attempt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>circumvent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thwart\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>potential\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>action.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an Archaeological\u00a0<\/span>Survey\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0India<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>(ASI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>study\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mosque\u00a0<\/span><\/span>complex\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vishvesha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>ruling.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ASI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>survey,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ordered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>relation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>related\u00a0<\/span><\/span>case,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mosque\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>built\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ruins\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Hindu\u00a0<\/span>temple\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Aurangzeb’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reign.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>request\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shailendra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pathak,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hindu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>side\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawyer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Madan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mohan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Yadav,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>maternal\u00a0<\/span>grandfather,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>priest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Somnath\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vyas,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prayers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>till\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>1993.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Pathak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ayodhya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Babri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mosque\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>destroyed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>6,\u00a0<\/span>1992,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>puja\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>discontinued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mulayam\u00a0<\/span>Singh\u00a0<\/span>Yadav.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Muslim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refuted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>petitioner’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>account\u00a0<\/span><\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>hearing.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>gods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cellar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prayers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couldn’t\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1993.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varanasi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>ordered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>17\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>magistrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assume\u00a0<\/span><\/span>responsibility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cellar.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>time,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>provided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guidance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>pray\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mumtaz\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ahmed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Muslim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>side’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representative,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Today,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span>judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rendered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>final\u00a0<\/span>decision,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hindus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ability\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>practise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>religion.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>High\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Court.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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VARANASI: In\u00a0compliance\u00a0with\u00a0court\u00a0instructions,\u00a0prayers\u00a0were\u00a0held\u00a0inside\u00a0the\u00a0Gyanvapi\u00a0mosque‘s\u00a0cellar\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0night,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0Nagendra\u00a0Pandey,\u00a0president\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Kashi\u00a0Vishwanath\u00a0temple\u00a0trust. An\u00a0important\u00a0milestone\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0legal\u00a0dispute\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0mosque\u00a0next\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Kashi\u00a0Vishwanath\u00a0temple\u00a0occurred\u00a0earlier\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0when\u00a0the\u00a0district\u00a0court\u00a0decided\u00a0that\u00a0a\u00a0priest\u00a0might\u00a0offer\u00a0prayers\u00a0in\u00a0front\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0idols\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Gyanvapi\u00a0Masjid’s\u00a0crypt. Approximately\u00a010.30\u00a0p.m.\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0Pandey,\u00a0“Vyas\u00a0ji’s\u00a0cellar\u00a0was\u00a0opened\u00a0after\u00a031\u00a0years\u00a0for\u00a0prayers.” “Yes,”\u00a0he\u00a0said\u00a0when\u00a0asked\u00a0if\u00a0prayers\u00a0were\u00a0conducted\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0basement. “It\u00a0was\u00a0necessary\u00a0to\u00a0follow\u00a0the\u00a0court’s\u00a0orders,\u00a0so\u00a0the\u00a0district\u00a0administration\u00a0made\u00a0all\u00a0the\u00a0arrangements\u00a0with\u00a0great\u00a0promptness,”\u00a0Pandey\u00a0said. Stated\u00a0District\u00a0Magistrate\u00a0S\u00a0Rajlingam,\u00a0“I\u00a0have\u00a0followed\u00a0the\u00a0court’s\u00a0directive.” According\u00a0to\u00a0some\u00a0villagers,\u00a0a\u00a0‘aarti’\u00a0involving\u00a0Goddess\u00a0Lakshmi\u00a0and\u00a0Lord\u00a0Ganesh\u00a0was\u00a0done\u00a0following\u00a0the\u00a0cellar’s\u00a0cleansing. 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