While hearing the Gyanvapi Mosque case on Thursday, the Varanasi court issued a notice to the Muslim side over a plea filed by the Hindu side seeking carbon dating of the 'Shivling' which was allegedly found in the mosque complex.
Vishnu S Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi mosque case, said they had filed an application to demand carbon dating. He said the court issued a notice over their application and demanded objections from the Muslim side.
"We're demanding carbon dating. The Muslim side says it's a fountain, but we say it's a Shivling. An independent body has to investigate and ascertain this," Jain had said earlier. He also mentioned that the court rejected the eight-week time sought by the mosque committee to prepare for the next hearing.
The next hearing in the matter will be held on September 29.
The Gyanvapi Mosque case pertains to a plea filed by five women seeking permission for the worship of Hindu deities whose idols were allegedly found to be located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque.
A videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex was also conducted in May, following which the Hindu side claimed that a 'Shivling' was found close to the "wazu khana" — a small reservoir used by Muslim devotees to perform ritual ablutions before offering the namaz.
This claim was contested by the Muslim side. The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee said the Gyanvapi mosque is a Waqf property and questioned the maintainability of the plea.
However, in the last hearing, the Varanasi court held that the plea filed by five Hindu women seeking to offer prayers to Hindu deities on the Gyanvapi Mosque complex is fit for hearing.
(Edited by : Priyanka Rathi)
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