Varanasi court orders ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque premises

Subject : History

Section: Art and Culture

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The Varanasi court gave directions for a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises by the Archaeological Survey of India.
The survey will exclude the wuzukhana area which was sealed last year on the orders of the Supreme Court.
This was after Hindu litigants pointed to the presence there of what they identified as a Shivling.

What is a Wuzukhana?

A Wuzukhana is a place where the people who offer Namaz wash their hands and feet prior to the offering.
It has significance in Islam as it is a place where dirt from the body is washed out before offering Namaz.
Basically, Wuzukhana is derived from two words – Wuzu and Khana. Wuzu means washing parts of the body before offering Namaz and Khana is the place where Wuzu is performed.
Wuzu is an Islamic process for washing bodily parts, a sort of ceremonial purification or ablution.
Wuzu is sometimes interpreted as ‘partial ablution,’ as opposed to ghusl, which is ‘full ablution,’ in which the entire body is bathed.

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