Gyanvapi Dispute: Inside Vyas Ji Ka Taikhana, the 500-Year-Old Bone of Contention
Petitioner Shailendra Vyas has claimed that the Gyanvapi structure was under the possession of his family for 500 years and that his grandfather, priest Somnath Vyas, offered puja in the cellar until it was closed by authorities in December 1993. The cellar, he said, was known as ‘Vyas Ji Ka Taikhana’ after his family’s name