Gyanvapi management moves HC against Varanasi court’s order allowing puja in basement

Prayagraj: The Gyanvapi mosque management committee Thursday moved the Allahabad High Court challenging a Varanasi court order that allowed Hindu prayers in a cellar of the mosque.

Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee counsel SFA Naqvi said they have requested an urgent hearing.

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Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court asked the committee to approach the High Court against the Varanasi district court’s order Wednesday.

The Varanasi court had ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in a cellar of the Gyanvapi Masjid.

The prayers will be conducted by a “pujari” nominated by the Kashi Vishwanath temple trust and the petitioner who has claimed his grandfather offered puja at the cellar up to December 1993.

PTI