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Advocate Hari Shankar Jain asserted that ASI report clearly stated that a temple "existed" at the site of Gyanvapi mosque and urged the government to declare it a "national monument."

":Minute study of the pillars and pilasters in corridor suggest that they were originally part of the pre-existing Hindu temple,” ASI report on Gyanvapi

According to researchers, the ongoing excavation has established Vadnagar as the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in India.

The ASI and Deccan College Pune have worked together over the past two years to complete the third phase of excavations at Rakhigarhi, led by ASI joint director Sanjay Kumar Manjul and Deccan College Pune assistant professor Prabhodh Shirwalkar.

A suit was filed in 1991 by the Ancient Idol of Swayambhu Lord Vishweshwar and 5 others before a local court in Varanasi seeking the removal of the mosque and restoration of the disputed land to Hindus.

The Delhi HC asked the ASI to review a petition by Hindu Sena claiming that Shah Jahan did not build the Taj Mahal.

Varanasi Court district rejected a plea seeking inclusion of "Wazukhana" in the ongoing ASI survey inside the disputed Gyanvapi complex.

The survey work at Gyanvapi complex had been affected by inclement weather conditions, including rain, which necessitated the extension to ensure a comprehensive examination

Shubhash Nandan Chaturvedi, a lawyer for Hindu petitioners, said that the Varanasi district court gave ASI four weeks to complete its survey, the deadline for which ended on Saturday.

A team of 37 members from the ASI was joined by additional experts from IIT, forming a combined team of 41 individuals to survey Gyanvapi