The Supreme Court (SC) has agreed to hear on July 21 a petition “to allow darshan and pooja of the shivling which has been found in the complex and also to direct the ASI to do carbon dating” to determine the age of the Shivling which was discovered during a court commissioner’s survey.
The petitioners seeking restoration of worshipping rights at the Shivling said that since the petition by the Anjuman Intezemia Masjid, which manages Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque, was listed for day after tomorrow, their petition should also be heard alongside it, to which the court agreed.
In addition, the Hindu petitioners have also sought the court’s directions to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to find out the nature of construction underneath the Shivling and have also sought the SC’s directions to the Centre to install equipment for live streaming to enable virtual darshan for the devotees.
