Kashi Vishwanath Temple

The year saw very few definitive results despite ongoing judicial involvement. Instead, most high-profile disputes were steered into a holding pattern through interim stays, status quo orders, court-appointed committees, and procedural pauses.

The fourth edition of Kashi-Tamil Sangamam is set to commence on 2nd December 2025, in Varanasi at the Namo Ghat and BHU. The event will run for around two weeks and conclude on 15th December.

This decision was taken in the 108th meeting of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust Council on 4th September 2025.

As per the government data, in the first quarter of 2024, Kashi was visited by 2.56 crore people. This translates into an increase of around 8.89 crore domestic tourists in Q1 2025.

The local administration stated that the accused shopkeepers had been issued notices to stop seeking non-vegetarian food in the 2 km radius of Kashi Vishwanath temple. The action was taken as the shopkeepers flouted the rules

"Unfortunately, people refer to Gyanvapi as a mosque, but it is in fact, Vishwanath," UP CM Yogi Adityanath said at an event in Gorakhpur.

The Allahabad HC verdict dismissing the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's plea was delivered by the single judge bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal. Justice Agarwal had reserved his order on February 15.

Congress claimed Rahul Gandhi's personal photographer was not allowed inside Garbhgrih when he performed Puja and Abhihek

There are a total of eight cellars in North and South directions in the Gyanvapi complex. Six out of them have already been surveyed by the ASI whereas two cellars N1 and S1 are still closed. 

Supreme Court of India refused to hear Muslim side's petition against district court order allowing Puja in Vyas cellar in Gyanvapi