Gyanvapi complex: District Court of Varanasi allows to worship in basement

Gyanvapi complex: The District Court of Varanasi has given permission for worship in the basement called Vyaasji ka tahkhana, located in the Gyanvapi complex.

District Judge Dr. Ajay Krishna Vishwesh issued an order, in this case, today and said that this decision should be implemented within a week. In this case, after the arguments of both parties were completed yesterday, the District Judge reserved the decision.

Describing the court action, the plaintiff’s advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain said that Somnath Vyas’s family used to perform puja in the basement till 1993.

After the order of the then-State government, the worship had been stopped. Recently, during the survey work, the basement was cleaned and on the orders of the court, Vyasji’s basement was handed over to the supervision of the District Magistrate.

In such a situation, the application of the plaintiff Shailendra Pathak has been accepted and permission has been given to perform regular puja there.