Over the years, mosque-temple disputes have been strategically politicised, serving as rallying points for parties, and with ...

Apart from the Gyanvapi model, whose top half is designed like a temple, it displays 120 pictures — purportedly of various parts of the mosque that feature Hindu figurines and symbols Devotees carry a ...

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has convened a meeting of its leaders and sadhus at its Kumbh camp on January 24 to discuss “Kashi and Mathura” among other issues, with senior monks clarifying this referred ...

In 1998, the Congress was the clear leader, while in 1993 it was the BJP. Gyanvapi Mosque, Varanasi In 1991, a suit was filed on behalf of the Deity Adi Vishweshwar claiming the Gyanvapi Mosque, ...

On the legal turf, the battle is between findings of the ASI vs creative inferences that creep in depending on the politics ...

Certain Hindutva forces are allegedly using Maha Kumbh 2025 to not only promote their cause but also raise contentious issues ...

Bill, highlighting its claim over the Gyanvapi mosque and Mathura's Shahi Idgah sites. During the Maha Kumbh meeting, the VHP also called for ending government control over Hindu temples and expressed ...

But the court reopened the hearing at the request of Shahi Idgah counsel Mehmood Pracha. The Mathura dispute mirrors the legal tussle in Varanasi, where the Gyanvapi mosque and the Kashi Vishwanath ...

VHP Margdarshak Mandal Baithak asks Hindu families to have at least three children to “protect the existence of Hindu society ...

The Mathura dispute mirrors the legal tussle in Varanasi, where the Gyanvapi mosque and the Kashi Vishwanath temple are located next to each other.

For example, a 2022 court order authorizing a video inspection of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi unleashed a flood of copycat cases calling for inspections of various mosques. The litigants argue ...