Gyanvapi Survey / Survey will be held in Gyanvapi on the third day today - claim of Hindu side - many evidences of ancient temple found

The survey will be held for the third consecutive day today in the Gyanvapi campus in Varanasi. The survey will start from 8 am. 4 teams of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) are engaged in the survey. Yesterday ASI did mapping for more than five hours in two shifts. After the survey, the Hindu side claimed that an idol with human and animal bodies was found on the wall of the basement.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 06, 2023, 09:45 AM
Gyanvapi Survey: The survey will be held for the third consecutive day today in the Gyanvapi campus in Varanasi. The survey will start from 8 am. 4 teams of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) are engaged in the survey. Yesterday ASI did mapping for more than five hours in two shifts. After the survey, the Hindu side claimed that an idol with human and animal bodies was found on the wall of the basement. After yesterday's survey, Sita Sahu, a woman who filed a petition on behalf of the Hindu side, has claimed to have found an idol. If Sita Sahu is to be believed, whose idol is it, it is being investigated. Sahu has said that the figure in the idol is half animal and half human. It is being claimed that fearing the survey, the Muslim side has hidden some idols in it. The Hindu side wants the debris to be removed.

It is being told that today only lawyers have been allowed inside from the Hindu side. The women petitioners will not go to the Gyanvapi campus. At the same time, there will be only one lawyer from the Muslim side today. Sohan Lal of the Hindu side claims that if the crypt is opened, many big proofs can be found, while Rekha Pathak, while furthering the point of Sita Sahu, said that a half-human and half-animal figure has been found on the western wall.

Many lawyers also included with the team of ASI

During the survey, many lawyers are also involved with the ASI team, who said that during the survey, the investigation is being done by installing machines at some places. According to the order of the court, the investigation has to be done without digging and sabotage. According to the lawyers, the survey is going on by dividing 40 ASI members into four teams. Debris has accumulated at many places.

GPR technology will reveal the truth!

Many state-of-the-art machines have also been installed in the investigation. GPRs are being installed. Former Additional Director General of ASI BR. Mani has told that the work of GPR technology is to find out whether any structure is buried under the premises without sabotage. Former Additional Director General of ASI BR. Mani told that many types of special devices are involved in GPR technology.

Photography and Mapping of the Hall of the Dome

Hindu side's advocate Subhash Chaturvedi said that the survey team surveyed the hall where Namaz is offered in the central dome of the mosque complex on Saturday and photography and mapping of that place was done. He told that the survey team surveyed the basement occupied by the Vyas family in Gyanvapi Masjid premises, but the survey team has not yet reached the second basement occupied by the Muslim side. He told that there are a total of four basements in the Gyanvapi complex, out of which one is in the possession of the Vyas family and the other is in the possession of the Muslim side. The remaining two basements are filled with debris. The Muslim side did not participate in the survey work held on Friday.

Idol of half animal and half deity - Hindu side

Sita Sahu, a litigant from the Hindu side, came out of the premises and told that an idol of half animal and half deity was seen on the western wall of the Gyanvapi campus. Broken statues and pillars were also seen lying in the basement. Muslim side's advocate Tauheed Khan said that five people from the Muslim side, including advocates Akhlaq and Mumtaz, were present with the ASI team during the ongoing survey work on Saturday.

IIT Kanpur experts are helping ASI

A team of experts from IIT Kanpur is assisting the ASI in conducting a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Earlier, after getting the go-ahead from the Allahabad High Court, an ASI team had entered the Gyanvapi campus amid tight security on Friday morning and started the survey work. On Friday, while hearing the petition of the Muslim side, the Supreme Court also refused to stay the survey. However, a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra directed the ASI not to carry out any vandalism in the premises during the survey.

What will be achieved from the survey?

Tell that through the Gyanvapi survey, an attempt is being made to find out whether the Gyanvapi complex was built on top of the temple by breaking the structure in the 17th century.