Archaeological Survey of India

A 4-member team from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) inspected five 'teerth' (shrines) and 19 wells in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh on Friday.

A court in Rajasthan Ajmer has agreed to hear a petition claiming that Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Hindu temple

Once a property belongs to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), it cannot be de-notified and handed over to another party.

Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain clarified that the plea for additional survey at Gyanvapi, which was rejected by court, was not filed by a different party

The Waqf Board, on the other hand, contended that it had appropriately declared the property as Waqf and hence had the jurisdiction to force the ASI to remove the premises. It further contended that the ASI should have sought the Waqf Tribunal rather than filing a writ petition.

Vitthala, also known as Vithoba and Panduranga, is a Hindu god and a form of the god Vishnu in his avatar as Krishna. Vitthala is primarily worshipped in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

The 11th-century Bhojshala is an ASI-protected monument. Hindus believe it is a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati) but the Muslim side disputes it claiming that it is Kamal Maula Mosque.

Sources have revealed that archaeologists believe what they have found so far indicates the discovery of the upper portion of a temple.

In its response, the Archaeological Survey of India attached its survey details from 1920. The Krishna Janmabhoomi temple complex was listed at number 37 among a group of 39 monuments.

Congress spokesperson Lavanya Ballal Jain had insinuated that the research work undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of India at the disputed Gynavapi mosque was somehow not actual scientific finding but an opinionated survey of sorts devoid of scientific temperament.