Varanasi: A Varanasi court has said that there is no scientific evidence for the presence of a Shiva lingam in the Gyanwabi Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.
In a major setback for their side, a court has rejected the plea of five Hindu women to undergo carbon dating tests to ascertain the antiquity of a Shiva lingam said to have been found at the Gyanwabi Masjid.
Located adjacent to the legendary Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Uttar Pradesh – Varanasi is the Gyanwabi Masjid. It is said that the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb demolished the temple there and built a mosque there. While the lawsuits are going on, 5 Hindu women have filed a lawsuit demanding permission to worship Goddess Singarak Gauri in Kashi Vishwanath Temple every day.
A field survey conducted at the mosque revealed that a Shiva lingam was found in the middle of the sukhana there. Thus, the Supreme Court ordered the Varanasi Civil Court to continue the order to seal Osukana.
In this case, last month, five Hindu women demanded that the Shiva lingam in the Gyanwabi Masjid be subjected to a carbon dating test. They also said that there are many more idols of Hindu gods inside the mosque. In this case, the Varanasi court has banned this petition. Also, the Varanasi court has said that there is no scientific evidence for the existence of a Shiva lingam in the Gyanwabi Masjid.