Varanasi court rejects Hindus’ plea for carbon dating of ‘Shivling’ inside Gyanvapi mosque

Varanasi, 14/10: A Varanasi court on Friday rejected a plea seeking carbon dating of a ‘Shivling’ claimed to be found on the Gyanvapi Mosque premises.

 

 

Hindu petitioners had during a court-mandated videography survey of the mosque premises claimed that a ‘Shivling’ was found close to the “wazookhana”, a small reservoir used by Muslim devotees to perform ritual ablutions before offering the namaz.

 

The claim was disputed by the Muslim side, which said the object was part of a “fountain