{"id":77141,"date":"2017-07-09T15:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T09:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=77141"},"modified":"2017-07-09T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T09:51:19","slug":"door-lintel-late-medieval-era-temple-discovered-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=77141","title":{"rendered":"Door-lintel of late medieval era temple discovered | The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-body-14269002-19236850\" class=\"_hoverrDone\">\n<p>KOZHIKODE: A remnant of a temple of the late medieval era was unearthed during the construction of a drainage in the city on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The serendipitous encounter happened when workers were digging a concrete road using an earth mover for constructing a culvert near the district court. The Lalata Bimba (crest figure) in single stone is over 2.5 metres long.<\/p>\n<p>The door-lintel has carvings of Lord Ganesha and a lotus. This apart, it has other decorative motif including creeping lotus flowers.<\/p>\n<p>The relic could be that of a temple belonging to the 15th or 16th century, K.K. Muhammed, archaeologist and former Regional Director of the Archaeological Survey of India, told <em>The Hindu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the exact details of the crest figure could be ascertained only after further studies. The remnant could be that of a large temple most probably dedicated to Lord Shiva, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we cannot rule out the possibility of either a Lord Vishnu or a Lord Ganesha temple near the seaside. Considering the entrance gate, it might have been a massive temple, \u201d Dr. Muhammed said.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, the door-lintel could have even been discarded. But usually these are immersed in the river and not in the sea, he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>The crest figure will be shifted to the Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum shortly. Members of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage were also present at the site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOZHIKODE: A remnant of a temple of the late medieval era was unearthed during the construction of a drainage in the city on Friday. The serendipitous encounter happened when workers were digging a concrete road using an earth mover for constructing a culvert near the district court. The Lalata Bimba (crest figure) in single stone [&hellip;]<\/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\/77141"}],"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=77141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}