100% this is going to be a major election issue leading up to 2024. It will go up to the SC for sure and perhaps we will see a judgement in 2050 or 2060, as we saw with Ayodhya. But what's the solution?
Options:
1. Let it remain the mosque built by Aurangzeb, as per the Places of Religious Worship Act. 2. Amend the Places of Religious Worship Act and restore it back to the temple destroyed by Aurangzeb (history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyanvapi_Mosque)
3. Wait for the carbon dating of the shivling/fountain ordered by the HC. Then take a call.
4. Whatever the court says.
Meanwhile, Professor Anand Ranganathan, who supports the restoration of the temple, has an interesting point. He says that carbon dating cannot be conducted on non-living things like rocks, you can only conduct beryllium dating on them. But that too will only give you the age of the original rock, which could be millions of years old, rather than the date the rock was carved into a Shivling/fountain.
How does it matter what it used to be? It is a historical structure now. Just build another new temple if you are feeling all the bhakti. Even better, build schools, colleges, hospitals and places of employment. The ones that actually count. Only in this country do such non-issues get debated ad nauseum. How has the Ayodhya judgement helped the people of this country at all?
Options:
1. Let it remain the mosque built by Aurangzeb, as per the Places of Religious Worship Act.
2. Amend the Places of Religious Worship Act and restore it back to the temple destroyed by Aurangzeb (history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyanvapi_Mosque)
3. Wait for the carbon dating of the shivling/fountain ordered by the HC. Then take a call.
4. Whatever the court says.
Meanwhile, Professor Anand Ranganathan, who supports the restoration of the temple, has an interesting point. He says that carbon dating cannot be conducted on non-living things like rocks, you can only conduct beryllium dating on them. But that too will only give you the age of the original rock, which could be millions of years old, rather than the date the rock was carved into a Shivling/fountain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R3FsucnQ98