A Varanasi district court on Wednesday allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers in southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque.The court directed the receiver to make arrangements for pooja to be performed by the Hindu side and a poojari nominated by Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust.“Puja will start within seven days. Everyone will have the right to perform Puja,” Vishnu Shankar Jain, the lawyer representing the Hindu side, said.


Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee's counsel Akhlaque Ahmad said that he would challenge the order in the higher court.This is a breaking story.


The temple stands on the western bank of the holy river Ganga, and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the holiest of Shivatemples