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- Published: May 12, 2023 18:37
New Delhi: In the controversial Gyanvapi Mosque Case, Allahabad High Court allowed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct carbon dating of ‘Shivling’ on the premises. The order states that the scientific survey should not be causing any kind of damage to the structure. ASI’s scientific survey will reveal how old the structure is and it will be a huge development in the case.
Vishnu Shankar Jain, who is representing the Hindu side in the case, said that ASI has presented several techniques for the survey before the court. District Judge, on May 22, will decide the method of the scientific survey to be carried out in the mosque.
#WATCH | Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi mosque case, gives details on the Allahabad High Court order allowing ASI to conduct carbon dating of ‘Shivling’ found in the mosque premises.
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— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) May 12, 2023
The order was passed by the bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra on the plea by four Hindu women challenging Varanasi High Court’s order where the court rejected the demand of conducting a survey to determine the age of the said ‘Shivling’.
According to LiveLaw, ASI submitted a report before the bench stating that a direct dating of the structure is not possible and the age can be determined by proxy dating of materials correlating to the ‘Shivling’. The report added that the structure is divided into five parts and the substance binding it can be radiocarbon dated.
#BREAKING: The Archaeological Survey of India (@ASIGoI) today told the #AllahabadHighCourt that carbon dating of the purported ‘Shiva Linga’ inside the #Gyanvapi Mosque IS NOT POSSIBLE and only the top part of the Lingam, Binder, can be carbon dated.#ShivaLinga pic.twitter.com/KLhWC6FQrA
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) May 12, 2023
The Varanasi HC rejected the survey citing the Supreme Court order to protect the spot where the said ‘Shivling’ was found. The court said that if there is any damange to the structure in the scientific survey, then that will be a violation of the apex court’s order.
While the Hindu worshippers call the structure to be ‘Shivling’, the Anjuman Masjid committee, which manages the mosque is calling the structure a fountain.