A local court in Varanasi on Monday ordered that a portion of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises be sealed after lawyers representing five Hindu women petitioners claimed that a Shivling was found in the ablution water tank of the mosque on the concluding day of a video inspection.

• The shiva linga is 12 feet x 8 inches by diameter and Nandi facing, India Today reported. However, the dimensions of the same haven’t been ascertained officially yet.
• The Varanasi civil court has ordered the District Magistrate (DM) to seal the area of the Gyanvapi mosque complex where a ‘Shiva linga’ has been found.
• The DM, Police Commissioner and CRPF Commandant Varanasi have been entrusted with the responsibility of the security of the sealed site.
   

By: Brijesh Kumar