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The @ASIGoI has found an ancient structure, believed to be the floor of a temple, while carrying out scientific cleaning of the land adjacent to the ornate Sari temple in #EkamraKshetra of Bhubaneswar. @XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpress @Siba_TNIE
What comes as a cause of concern is that the remaining portion of the discovered structure has been damaged during the Ekamra Kshetra project demolition drive done on the protected site by the State Government, without permission of the ASI. @XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpress
Exports say while removal of encroachments near Lingaraj temple is a noteworthy move, the State Govt can’t pull down structures haphazardly in the heritage zone without caring about what lies underneath. Working with @ASIGoI on the Ekamra Kshetra project is the need of the hour – bei Lingaraj Temple
A portion of the ornate Sari temple (10th-11th century) that was encroached upon by a Sanskrit College (recently demolished), has also been partially exposed during scientific cleaning of the site by the @ASIGoI @XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpress @Siba_TNIE @ReclaimTemples – bei Lingaraj Temple
With the new findings, @ASIGoI is presuming that Sari temple was built on Panchayatana model where the main temple is surrounded by 4 subsidiary shrines like the Brahmeswara and Chitrakarini temples in the Ekamra Kshetra @ReclaimTemples @NewIndianXpress @XpressOdisha @Siba_TNIE – bei Lingaraj Temple
Here’s a portion of a subsidiary shrine on the north east corner of Sari temple. Remaining portion of d structure is buried. Similar structures r presumed to b present on other 3 corners of the temple, making it a Panchayatan model @ReclaimTemples @XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpress
