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The Gyanvapi Mosque is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was constructed c. 1678, a decade after Aurangzeb 's demolition of a Shiva temple that was on the site. [ 1 ]
The original holy well—Gyanvapi is in between the temple and Gyanvapi Mosque Ganga Dwara, Gateway of Corridor that connects Kashi Vishwanath Temple with Ghats of the Ganges. The temple complex consists of a series of smaller shrines located in a small lane called the Vishwanatha Gali, near the river.
The Kashi Vishwanath Temple was rebuilt in 1585 by Todar Mal. [23] [24] This temple was later demolished by Aurangzeb, who had the Gyanvapi Mosque built on its ruins. The current Kashi Vishwanath Temple was built later by Ahilyabai Holkar on an adjacent plot of land.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found that a 17th century mosque in one of Hinduism's holiest cities was built after destroying a Hindu temple that existed there, a lawyer for Hindu ...
An Indian court on Thursday ruled that officials can conduct a scientific survey to determine if a 17th-century mosque in the country's north was built over a Hindu temple. The Gyanvapi mosque in ...
The two such well known mosques are the Gyanvapi Mosque and the Alamgir Mosque. [178] The Gyanvapi Mosque was built by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1664 CE, after destroying a Hindu temple. [179] Gyan Vapi (Sanskrit: "the well of knowledge"), the name of the mosque, is derived from a well of the same name located within the precincts of the ...
The mosque is built to the west of the courtyard of the Tomb of Dana Shir Bahlul Shah. It is completely built of small bricks and is plastered with fine white stucco. [5] [7] Kashi Vishwanath Temple: Gyanvapi Mosque: Varanasi India Ram Mandir: Babri Masjid: Ayodhya India
James Prinsep based the reconstruction on the foundations of the Gyanvapi Mosque. Many Hindu temples were rebuilt as mosques between 12th and 18th century CE. Ruins of the Martand Sun Temple after being destroyed on the orders of the Sultan of Kashmir, Sikandar the Iconoclast , in the early 15th century, with demolition lasting a year.