“Earlier, only about 20,000 to 25,000 pilgrims visited the temple daily. But since the corridor started, we have nearly 1.5 lakh pilgrims daily, and much more during the Saavan days. It is an almost five times increase," Vishwa Bhushan, CEO of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, told News18
Earlier, the court had reserved the decision after a long debate between both the parties. The decision will be pronounced at 10 am on February 26. The mosque has four 'tahkhanas' (cellars) in the basement, of which one is still in the possession of the Vyas family, who used to live there. Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Allahabad High Court To Deliver Verdict on Plea Against Prayers at Gyanvapi’s Vyas Tehkhana on February 26.
The appeal before the high court was filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee, which manages Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi on February 1, 2024 soon after the supreme court refused to urgently hear the mosque Committee’s plea against the order allowing Puja in Vyas Ji ka Tehkhana.
The Ajmer Dargah chief was addressing a conference titled "Paigam-e-Mohabbat Hum Sab Ka Bharat" organised by the Rajasthan unit of All India Sufi Sajjadanshin Council