After getting the order from the Supreme Court on Friday, the team from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) resumed the scientific survey of the mosque on the second day. The survey of Gyanvapi mosque is being done to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed on the pre-existing structure of a Hindu Temple.The mosque is just adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.According to the government counsel Rajesh Mishra who accompanied the ASI team on Day 1, informed on Day 2 that the team has started working on Saturday morning, and will continue till 5 pm.VIDEO | ASI survey team arrives at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in UPs Varanasi. pic.twitter.com/3QHb6evvY5— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 5, 2023Meanwhile, Hindu side lawyer Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi said, “The measurements which were taken yesterday, the ASI will proceed with that today. The survey is in the primary stage. The main survey begins today.”VIDEO | The measurements which were taken yesterday, the ASI will proceed with that today. The survey is in primary stage. The main survey begins today, says Hindu side lawyer Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi on Gyanvapi survey. pic.twitter.com/ckF86gAH7F— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 5, 2023Notably, the Supreme Court of Friday refused to stay the order given by Allahabad High Court. Apart from this, a bench of judges compromising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra has directed not to out any invasive act during the survey.The thorough scientific survey that the Varanasi district court had ordered on July 21 was resumed by the Supreme Court on Friday.The Allahabad High Court dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committees plea on Thursday after it had contested the district courts judgment there. The Muslim group hurriedly made its way to the Supreme Court after that. The Varanasi court extended the deadline for the survey from Friday to September 4 by giving the ASI an additional month to do it.Apart from this, heavy security has been deployed in Varanasi amid a structural survey of Gyanvapi mosque.Visuals of security deployment at Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi where the ASI survey is underway. pic.twitter.com/4P4J5a8Q8F— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 5, 2023
