Devotees line up to enter the Kashi Vishwanath temple next to the Gyanvapi mosque (background) in Varanasi on February 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, is once again in focus, albeit in a context in which its objectives are being ignored. Civil suits … Read more
The idol that has been installed at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Monday is carved in stone. (Image: ANI) Annapurna Devi Idol in Varanasi: After a whopping 108 years, an idol of Hindu Goddess Annapurna Devi was brought back from Canada, and now, it has been installed at Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Temple. The installation took … Read more
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board said on Thursday that it would challenge in the high court the Varanasi court order on the disputed premises claimed both by the Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Gyanwapi mosque. The order, given by a senior division civil court, asked the state government to get the disputed premises … Read more