A worker stands on a temple rooftop adjacent to the Gyanvapi Mosque in the northern city of Varanasi, India, on Dec 12, 2021.LUCKNOW, India - A court on Monday banned large Muslim prayer gatherings in one of north India's highest-profile mosques after a survey team found relics of the Hindu god Shiva and other Hindu symbols there, a lawyer involved in the case said.
The court ordered the survey of the mosque after five women - represented by Jain - sought permission to perform Hindu rituals in one part of it, saying a Hindu temple once stood on the site. Police said the court order would help maintain law and order at a time when hardline Hindu groups tied to Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party had stepped up demands to excavate inside some mosques and to permit searches in the Taj Mahal mausoleum.
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