While countering the suit filed by the Muslim side, the Hindu defendant had also asserted that the disputed site has remnants of a Shiva temple and housed the Lakshagriha (the House of Lacquer in the Mahabharata).
The Allahabad High Court on Friday declined to stay an order passed on January 31 by a district court to permit Hindu parties to perform prayers and puja in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque building at Varanasi
India News: The Allahabad High Court has refused to stay the Varanasi court order allowing Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque. Get the latest updates on the court hearing and the appeal filed by the Anzuman Intezamia Masjid Committee.