Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 15:31 IST
The suit also urged the court to pass a decree in the nature of the declaration declaring that the entire Avimukteshwar area belongs to plaintiff deity Asthan Lord Adi Visheshwar. Kashi Vishwanath (File photo) | Photo Credit: IANS
New Delhi: A court in Varanasi has issued notices on a civil suit filed by devotees of Lord Shiva seeking removal of the Gyanwapi mosque built by Aurangzeb in 1669 adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple by allegedly demolishing an ancient temple.
The notice has been sent to Centre, UP government, Varanasi DM, Senior Superintendent of Police, Varanasi, UP Muslim Personal Law Board, mosque management- Anjuman Intazamia, Board of trustees of Kashi Vishwanath Temple. The replies have been sought by April 9, the next date of hearing.