In a major victory for the Hindu side, a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/gyanvapi-mosque-case-vhp-demands-court-sanction-for-puja-in-wuzukhana-area-calls-for-masjid-relocation-23332224" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Varanasi court</a> on Wednesday allowed Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the `Vyas Ka Tekhana` area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex.
The court has asked district administration to make the necessary arrangement in the next seven days.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/hand-over-gyanvapi-structure-to-hindus-vhp-demands-after-asi-report-23332091" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain</a>, representing the Hindu side told ANI, "...Puja will start within seven days. Everyone will have the right to perform Puja..."
"Hindu side allowed to offer prayers at `Vyas Ka Tekhana`. The District Administration will have to make arrangements within 7 days," Jain said.
The mosque has four `tahkhanas` (cellars) in the basement out of which one is still in possession of the Vyas family who used to live here.
Vyas had petitioned that as <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/court-orders-keys-of-basement-in-gyanvapi-complex-be-handed-over-to-varanasi-dm-23330544" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">hereditary pujari</a> he be allowed to enter the tahkhana and resume pooja.&nbsp;
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In a major victory for the Hindu side, a Varanasi court allowed Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the `Vyas Ka Tekhana` area inside Gyanvapi mosque complex

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The court has asked district administration to make the necessary arrangement in the next seven days

Varanasi court permits Hindu side to offer prayers at Gyanvapi mosque complex

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