<p>A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) arrived here on Sunday to conduct a scientific survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple is built upon a temple.</p>.<p>Advocate of the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav said that the ASI team will start the survey of the Gyanvapi complex at around 7 am on Monday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/varanasi-court-allows-scientific-survey-of-gyanvapi-mosque-1239286.html">Varanasi court allows scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque</a></strong></p>.<p>He added that an advocate each of the petitioners will accompany the survey team.</p>.<p>District judge A K Vishvesh on Friday directed the ASI to conduct a detailed scientific survey -- including excavations, wherever necessary -- to determine if the mosque in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh is built upon a temple.</p>.<p>The mosque's 'wazukhana', where a structure claimed by Hindu litigants to be a 'shivling' exists, will not be part of the survey, following an earlier Supreme Court order protecting that spot in the complex.</p>.<p>The judge directed the ASI to submit a report to the court by August 4, along with videos and photographs of survey proceedings.</p>
<p>A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) arrived here on Sunday to conduct a scientific survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple is built upon a temple.</p>.<p>Advocate of the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav said that the ASI team will start the survey of the Gyanvapi complex at around 7 am on Monday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/varanasi-court-allows-scientific-survey-of-gyanvapi-mosque-1239286.html">Varanasi court allows scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque</a></strong></p>.<p>He added that an advocate each of the petitioners will accompany the survey team.</p>.<p>District judge A K Vishvesh on Friday directed the ASI to conduct a detailed scientific survey -- including excavations, wherever necessary -- to determine if the mosque in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh is built upon a temple.</p>.<p>The mosque's 'wazukhana', where a structure claimed by Hindu litigants to be a 'shivling' exists, will not be part of the survey, following an earlier Supreme Court order protecting that spot in the complex.</p>.<p>The judge directed the ASI to submit a report to the court by August 4, along with videos and photographs of survey proceedings.</p>