Lucknow: A Varanasi court's decision to make a petition seeking worship of Shringar Gauri in the disputed Gyanvapi complex in the city of Baba Vishwanath as maintainable has brought cheer to Hindu organisations. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has termed the court's decision as the first hurdle to be crossed. The VHP said that this decision of the court has ended the first obstacle to the claim of Hindu devotees on the Gyanvapi complex.  

The VHP has been raising its voice for the rights of Hindus at the Gyanvapi Mosque next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Eidgah adjacent to Krishnajanmabhoomi in Mathura for a long time. The VHP says that mosques were built in their place only by demolishing both temples. Therefore, they should be handed back to Hindus. Many Muslim scholars also believe that Aurangzeb had demolished the temples of Kashi and Mathura and built mosques there, but even after this, the Muslim side is fighting in court for these places. At the same time, the Hindu side is demanding to hand over their adorable ancient Kashi Vishwanath and Mathura, the birthplace of Shri Krishna, to them, which were broken by the Mughals.   

Now after the court's decision, VHP international president Alok Kumar has said, 'The Varanasi court has now decided that the Places of Worship Act of 1991 will not apply in this case. The application of the other parties has been rejected. The first hurdle has been crossed in this case. Now this case will be heard in court on the basis of merit. Let us inform you that Alok Kumar has been saying even before that the Places of Worship Act is not applicable in the Gyanvapi case. They say that the meeting of Shivling here is proof that for decades there has been a temple here.

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