Thursday, August 25, 2011
Latest update of Uttaramerur temple
The construction is almost over, and the compound wall is now raising up.
Stone Vimana temple lying in ruins..
Go on Bangalore Highway, off. Ocheri, some 7 kilometers you will land at Pudhur Village. Interestingly en-route to this breathtaking Vikrama Chola Temple (1118 AD), you come across 2 Shiva Temples and a Vishnu Temple belonging to the Nayaka Period, also lying uncared and in ruins.
Cross Palar river where sand quarrying with Dippers are going on, on the pretext of excavating land for building a bridge...
And you suddenly come across this Beauty lying amidst a Sugar Cane field...
Ramesh Shivan, an ardent shiva devotee, working in T.N. E.B, who mobilizes Uzavarappani groups for cleaning temple in and around Kanchipuram, is keen on seeing this temple back in shape. People please contact reach.foundation.india@gmail.com for donations, to renovate this beautiful temple. 80G IT exemption available for all Indian donors.
Labels: Chola temples, Ocheri, Pudhur, REACH FOUNDATION, temple renovation
Monday, August 15, 2011
Rare Bronzes revealed in Vepenjeri renovation.
Last Saturday we unearthed rare bronzes in Vasthu Deva Pathi Sowmya Narayana Perumal temple, which we are renovating from scratch. The report in TOI and the photo links are here for you to see:
Please click on the following link to read the item:
http://epaper.timesofindia.
Comment: ECR temple Bronze excavation
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And the photos are here taken soon after the excavation
And here is BBC Tamil's interview and photos on this finding.
