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Construction Boom..

March 12, 2008

This is not about the rampant construction we are seeing in our cities.

For last 2 months, I have been travelling and visiting places of historical importance in Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. It looks like someone has been watching my itinerary and putting efforts to foil all my trips. Wherever I go, the monuments were wrapped up in bamboo poles for restoration work. It first started with the Bhoothanatha temple in Badami.

Badami

Then it was Amber Fort in Jaipur.

Amber Fort, Jaipur

And yet another famous structure in Jaipur – Hawa Mahal.

Hawa Mahal, Jaipur

Another one again in the south – the gigantic gopuras of Madurai.

Madurai Meenakshi Temple

The job of these champions was not all that easy in Madurai though. There are more than a dozen towers, each scaling higher than the other. They still worked hard to finish mounting those poles before I arrived. As you can see, there is some work left at the top. And in a few of those dozen or so towers, they had managed to cover only halfway.

Fortunately, this will be all, since I have no more monument trip planned in near future. By the time I get out again on the heritage trail, I hope anything that needs to be repaired would be already repaired. :)

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*** Anonymous - March 12, 2008, 3:00 pm ***

:-)

-fc

*** r2 - March 12, 2008, 3:11 pm ***

:) – what a strange coincidence…from the other side it’s good, that they are doing something in order to maintain these objects – not everywhere is like this…

*** indicaspecies - March 16, 2008, 1:51 pm ***

Repair work and restoration work on monuments – is it a necessary evil?

*** Anonymous - March 17, 2008, 3:50 pm ***

On my first trip to NZ, among other things like the bars and restaurants, i enjoyed the outstanding Christchurch Art Gallery, Hagley Park and the majestic Botanical Gardens.

*** Anonymous - March 22, 2008, 7:11 pm ***

Looks like u dint experience half of what i did at Jaipur…a whole section of the city palace and Jantar Mantar and the Albert Hall museum were also under renovation!Apparently its the “off-season”…so kinda justifies their actions :)

*** Arun - March 23, 2008, 6:05 am ***

Or it could be in preparation for Rajasthan festival due from March 24th.


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