Gyanvapi Mosque - Wikipedia
WEBForeground (left to right): a small staired shrine of Shiva, a statue of Nandi facing the mosque (not in picture), and a colonnaded enclosure housing the well. Background: Spires of Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
Nandi’s Query: The Moral And Obvious At Gyanvapi - Swarajya
WEBJul 25, 2023 · According to the legends which made this sacred land, Nandi is the keeper of Shiva’s abode, be it atop Mount Kailash, at Kashi, or any one of the innumerable grihas where a dreadlocked...
Fact Check: Does a Nandi statue in Kashi Vishwanath Temple
WEBMay 17, 2022 · A row has erupted following the survey at the Gyanvapi Mosque. While one side claimed that a ‘Shivling' had been found, the other said that it was a fountain.
Timeline of Gyanvapi case: What happened and when
WEB2021: A case was filed by five Hindu women seeking court's permission to conduct daily prayers at “a shrine behind the western wall of the Gyanvapi mosque complex” and protection of the idols.
350 Years of the Gyanvapi Dispute: A Timeline
WEBMay 27, 2022 · In August 2021, five Hindu women filed a petition at a Varanasi Civil Court seeking permission to worship the Maa Shringaar Gauri, Ganesh, Hanuman, and Nandi idols allegedly located within the Gyanvapi mosque.
55 Hindu deity sculptures found inside Gyanvapi complex: ASI …
WEBJan 27, 2024 · A total of 55 stone sculptures were found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex during the survey conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India, including 15 “Shiva linga”, three sculptures of “Vishnu”, three of “Ganesha”, two of “Nandi”, two of “Krishna”, and and five of “Hanuman”, the ASI report states. The ASI, tasked by ...
Decoding the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi dispute, and why
WEBApr 10, 2021 · Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Lok Sabha MP for Varanasi, had officially launched the Kashi Vishwanath corridor project in March 2019 to build a pathway from the temple premises to the banks of the Ganga, and to increase the visibility of …
What is the dispute around the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi …
WEBSep 12, 2022 · An old sculpture of the Nandi bull inside the compound of the present Kashi Vishwanath Temple faces the wall of the mosque instead of the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. It is believed that Nandi is in fact, facing the sanctum sanctorum of the original Vishweshwar temple.
Gyanvapi Case: Hindus Allowed to Worship in Sealed Basement of …
WEBJan 31, 2024 · In what is being considered a pivotal moment in the decades-old Gyanvapi Mosque dispute, a city court ruled on Wednesday that Hindu petitioners can worship inside the previously sealed basement — the ‘Vyas ka …
Historical Evidence from 16th & 17th Centuries on the Gyanvapi …
WEBMay 20, 2022 · This brief article aims to point out some factual inaccuracies and to fill in the gaps in the well-presented BBC article titled “Gyanvapi masjid: India dispute could become a religious flashpoint” that was published on May 18, 2022.