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Indian court limits Muslim gatherings at mosque after Hindu idols found, lawyer says

Indian court limits Muslim gatherings at mosque after Hindu idols found, lawyer says

SAURABH SHARMA A court banned large Muslim prayer gatherings in one of north India's highest-profile mosques after a survey team found relics of the Hindu god Shiva and other Hindu symbols there, a lawyer involved in the case said. The judge at the court in Varanasi - Hinduism's holiest city and the site of the historic Gyanvapi mosque - ruled that Islamic gatherings there should be limited to 20 people, lawyer H. S. Jain said. The court ordered the survey of the mosque after five women - represented by Jain - sought permission to perform Hindu rituals in one part…
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