Local court in India to pronounce verdict on pleas seeking worship of Hindu idol inside a mosque

Intro:

A local court in India's Varanasi (Waa-rah-nah-see) will pronounce a verdict on if Hindus should be allowed to worship inside a 16th-century mosque.

Hindu appellants claim that the mosque is built on the site of an ancient temple…

And that an idol of a Hindu god remains buried inside the Gyanvapi (Gyaan-wa-pee) mosque's compound.

Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.

IN: Hindu petitioners

OUT: SOC

Duration: 38 seconds

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