Prayagraj, Feb. 26 -- Welcoming the decision by Allahabad High Court to dismiss the Gyanvapi Mosque committee's appeal challenging the Varanasi district court's decision to offer prayers in a cellar in the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Advocate Prabhash Pandey termed it as a "big victory for our Sanatana Dharma."

"The judge dismissed the pleas that the Muslim side had filed against the District Judge's order...It means that the puja will continue as it is. District Magistrate will continue as the receiver of the 'tehkhana'...This is a big victory for our Sanatana Dharma...They (Muslim side) can go for a review of the decision. Puja will continue," the advocate said.

A single judge bench of the High Court comprising Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarw...