{"id":18202,"date":"2016-08-27T13:15:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T07:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=18199&preview_id=18199"},"modified":"2016-08-27T13:15:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T07:45:58","slug":"cracks-developing-on-100-pillar-mandapam-of-ancient-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=18202","title":{"rendered":"Cracks developing on 100-pillar mandapam of ancient temple – The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Ruins:The 100-pillar mandapam at Sri Parvathagiriswarar Temple at Kundrandarkovil in Pudukottai district.\u2014 Photo: B. Velankanni Raj<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 100-pillar mandapam of Sri Parvathigiriswarar Temple under the maintenance of the Archaeological Survey of India in Kundrandarkovil in Pudukottai district has been developing a number of cracks as the renovation work remains unfinished.<\/p>\n

The rock-cut temple dedicated to Sri Umayambikai – Sri Parvathagiriswarar is a marvel of engineering. The ASI took up renovation of the \u2018vagana mandapam\u2019 as early as 1999 and the work was completed three years later.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, the ASI took up renovation of the 100-pillar mandapam. Although the stones were separated from a part of the ceiling and numbered, the renovation work is yet to be completed.<\/p>\n

The stones of the mandapam are strewn in front of the mandapam and the prakaram outside the temple.<\/p>\n

According to the villagers, though the matter was taken up with the district administration, no action was taken.<\/p>\n

V. Singaravelu, former headmaster of Panchayat Union Middle School of the village, said that he took the matter to the notice of various officials and the elected representatives but to no avail.<\/p>\n

When contacted, ASI sources said that the work would be resumed in due course of time.<\/p>\n

The project required meticulous work and it would be completed within the next three years.<\/p>\n

The official conceded that the work was suspended about a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Priority would be accorded to the temple once funds were sanctioned.<\/p>\n

K.L. Kumarasamy, the temple priest, said that the mandapam testified to the architectural skill of the ancient rulers. It was designed on the model of Vijayanagar dynasty and the temple attracted a large number of foreign tourists.<\/p>\n

\u201cKundrandarkovil is a fascinating monument for study,\u201d observes J. Raja Mohamed, former Curator of the Government Museum and a noted epigraphist.<\/p>\n

He said that the temple was similar to the structure of the Sri Gokarneswarar Temple in Tirugokarnam.<\/p>\n

The \u2018kumbabhishekam\u2019 of the temple was performed in 2009, after the ASI completed the renovation of the \u2018rajagopuram\u2019 and \u2018vahana mandapam.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The 100-pillar mandapam of Sri Parvathigiriswarar Temple under the maintenance of the Archaeological Survey of India in Kundrandarkovil in Pudukottai district has been developing a number of cracks as the renovation work remains unfinished. The rock-cut temple dedicated to Sri Umayambikai – Sri Parvathagiriswarar is a marvel of engineering. The ASI took up renovation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}