“Nari Shakti behind Gyanvapi litigation: The women who fought the case for right to worship”, Organiser, January 29, 2024:
“A petition seeking daily worship rights at the Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal within the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi is driven by five regular women—who have shown extraordinary courage and initiative.
Who are these ordinary women? And what drove them to take on this tall fight without any political affiliations or backing?
Originally from Maharashtra, Lakshmi Devi moved to Varanasi after marriage. Her husband, Sohanlal Arya, VHP vice-president for Varanasi ‘prant’, was the first to claim the black stone structure found inside the “wuzukhana” of the Gyanvapi mosque was a Shivling. In an interview with the media, he expressed how he was the first one to file a petition regarding the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Mosque complex in 1985 in Varanasi…..”
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