The genesis of the Shringar Gauri Puja case, which has given rise to legal and other complications, dates back 38 years, when five women litigants were seeking the right to uninterrupted worship of goddesses and other deities in a Varanasi court in April last year. The outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The VHP’s Kashi chapter vice-president Sohan Lal Arya and husband of one of the plaintiffs, Lakshmi Devi, have led the campaign since its inception. “I was inspired by the late Mahant Paramhans Das’ role in placing Ram Lalla under the central dome at the Ram Janmabhoomi, and started looking for ways to resume worship of the deities in the mosque premises,” he said. read more