After several years of hearing, the Varanasi District Court allowed the worship of Shringar Gauri and other Hindu deities in the southern cellar of Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque 'Vyas Ka Tehkhana' by a family of Pandit Somnath Vyas priest who used to perform rituals till December 2023., India News, Times Now
District Magistrate S Rajalingam, who was made receiver of the southern cellar by the district court, said, “We have complied with the court’s directives.”
Why is a cellar inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex called 'Vyasji ka tehkhana'? What has the Varanasi court ordered, and what was the plea before it? We explain.