Sambhal: Laborers whitewash the outer wall of the Shahi Jama Masjid following an Allahabad High Court directive to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to complete the task, in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, March 16, 2025. The court also instructed the mosque committee to bear the expenses and directed the installation of lights on the mosque's exterior. (PTI Photo)

Photos: Whitewashing of Sambhal mosque underway

The Allahabad HC on March 12 directed ASI to undertake and complete the whitewashing at the mosque within one week.

by · The Siasat Daily

Sambhal: The whitewashing of the outer wall of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal began on Sunday morning, an advocate of the mosque side said.

The Allahabad High Court on March 12 directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake and complete the whitewashing at the mosque within one week.

Following the high court order, an ASI team carried out measurements and assessments on March 13.

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Sambhal: A laborer scrubs the outer wall of the Shahi Jama Masjid before whitewashing following an Allahabad High Court directive to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to complete the task, in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, March 16, 2025. The court also instructed the mosque committee to bear the expenses and directed the installation of lights on the mosque’s exterior. (PTI Photo)
Sambhal: Workers unload lighting material at the Shahi Jama Masjid following an Allahabad High Court directive to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for the installation of lights on the mosque’s exterior, in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, March 16, 2025. The court had also instructed the mosque committee to bear the expenses. (PTI Photo)

“The whitewashing of the outer wall of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal began on Sunday,” Shakeel Warsi, an advocate representing the mosque side in the Sambhal district court told PTI.

Sambhal has been tense after riots broke out on November 24 last year following a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, a Mughal-era mosque here. Four people were killed and several, including police personnel, were injured in the clashes.