Kashi Vishwanath Temple

":Minute study of the pillars and pilasters in corridor suggest that they were originally part of the pre-existing Hindu temple,” ASI report on Gyanvapi

Supreme Court allowed the cleaning of the 'wazukhana' inside the disputed Gyanvapi mosque where the ‘Shivling’ was found on May 16, 2022, during a court-mandated survey.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kashi Vishwanath Dham corridor on 13th December 2021, and since then, the number of devotees of Mahadev has increased manifold.

Organised by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the distinguished guests will bear witness to the lighting of earthen lamps on the auspicious occasion of Kartik Purnima, alongside the mesmerising Ganga Arti and Dev Deepavali festivities at Kashi.

Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain recalled how helpless he felt when up to 50,000–60,000 Muslims, protesting the court-ordered video survey of the disputed structure in May 2022, surrounded his car

Supreme Court refused to interfere with the order passed by the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court transferring Gyanvapi Case to a different bench

Gyanvapi Masjid committee moves SC against Allahabad HC order for ASI survey of the structure

The application could reportedly be taken up on August 4, Friday, according to Advocate Rajesh Mishra, the special counsel in the Gyanvapi cases in the Varanasi district court.

The Gyanvapi survey, which began on 24th July, three days after the Varanasi district court order, was put on hold by the High Court as the matter was still being heard in the Supreme Court.

Varanasi has seen eight times the number of tourists as Goa in 2022, according to data shared by ICICI Direct