This occurred the day after a court ruling supported the Hindu side’s right to perform religious rites at the ancient location.
At around three in the morning, a priest reportedly performed the puja and aarti at the “Vyas Ka Tehkhana.”
In the meantime, extra security has been installed around Varanasi’s mosque area to guard against any untoward happenings.
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Right-wing Hindu groups assert that Muslim invaders constructed several mosques, including the Gyanvapi Mosque, by demolishing Hindu temples.
After its development, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) instigated the matter during the 1980s and 1990s, featuring it as a recovery project for Hindus.
However, it is alleged that some Hindu priests rejected those claims made by right-wing organizations, particularly in relation to the Gyanvapi dispute, blaming them for escalating tensions between communities.
Varanasi District Magistrate S Rajalingam and Commissioner of Police Ashok Mutha Jain held a meeting at midnight to assess the situation before the rituals were scheduled to take place, according to Hindustan Times.
Officials settled on a strategy to make it easier to implement the court’s decision during the meeting, which was held in the Kashi Vishwanath Dham building next door.
The specialists then, at that point, cleared a pathway inside the blockades to permit admittance to the basement.
Hindu devotees waited in line outside the mosque on Wednesday night as Hindu devotees began arriving to pray in the cellar. By late Wednesday night, the area surrounding the mosque was bustling with activity.
A sign near the mosque was pasted with the word “mandir,” which means temple, by members of the Hindu organization Rashtriya Hindu Dal.
Accordingly, a weighty security force was sent nearby.
“We are very happy after offering prayers,” a devotee who prayed at the location told ANI.
The Vyas family claims one of the four “tehkhanas” in the basement of the mosque complex.
According to Shailendra Pathak’s petition, a member of the family named Somnath Vyas prayed in the cellar prior to its sealing in 1993.
Pathak, a family member, argued in court that they are entitled to access and worship within the structure due to their ancestry as a priest.
On Wednesday, the court guided the region organization to empower supplications inside the basement soon.
According to India Today, the mosque committee has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court against the district court’s judgment allowing Hindu devotees to worship within the sealed “tehkhana.” Muslim side moves Supreme Court against court order.
According to the report, the panel approached the vacation registrar of the highest court on Wednesday night.
The attorneys were, nonetheless, educated on Thursday that they ought to move toward the Allahabad High Court all things being equal.