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Published on: Aug 6, 2023, 13:08:13 IST

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'Have patience…': Hindu side as ASI's Gyanvapi mosque survey in Varanasi underway. Top updates

A team of 55 members from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) resumed the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex on Sunday morning to determine if the 17th-century masjid was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. Read more

17th-century Gyanvapi mosque (File Photo)

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