A civil court in Uttar Pradesh asked the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi to determine whether it was built over a Kashi Vishwanath temple.
The order was passed after a suit claimed that the mosque was built at the site after a temple was demolished in 1669 by Aurangzeb.
The difference between this dispute and the Babri Masjid dispute is that the Babri dispute is related with the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.