{"id":275,"date":"2015-08-29T21:28:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.conserveheritage.org\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2015-09-02T23:07:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T17:37:59","slug":"uttaramerur-temple-restoration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/temple-revivals\/uttaramerur-temple-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Uttaramerur Temple Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Structural restoration of Kailasanatha temple:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/new.conserveheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/uttaramerur1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278\" src=\"http:\/\/new.conserveheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/uttaramerur1.jpg\" alt=\"uttaramerur1\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/uttaramerur1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/uttaramerur1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/uttaramerur1-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/uttaramerur1-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Uttaramerur is an venerated village in Tamil Nadu. Its recorded history dates back to Pallava period (8th century AD). It is said that it was planned as per the rules laid down for town planning in the agamas. This is seen from the locations of the temple at their appropriate place.The hundreds of inscriptions copied from the place provide a history that was colourful, eventful and vibrant. Undoubtedly, the inscriptions extolling the system of selection of candidates to village boards was the most important all. More information about Uttaramerur and its heritage can be seen in our Uttaramerur Heritage Trip Article<\/p>\n<p>The Kailasanatha temple of this place is as old as the more famous better preserved Sundaravarada Perumal temple. Like the later, this temple too was also built was built of bricks over a stone basement. The plan has circumambulatory passage around the sanctum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Condition of the monument:<\/span><br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0Though built of bricks, the main sanctum and the superstructure are fairly intact.<br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0But the front mandapa built at a later time is completely fallen down due to rank growth of vegetation and negligence<\/p>\n<p>\u2666\u00a0The brickwork over the circumambulatory passage has fallen down at places<br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0The masonry on the exterior of the superstructure to the temple is also damaged at places.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Methods of restoration<\/span><br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0The restoration will be done as per the norms laid down by the Archaeological Survey of India<br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0Comprehensive documentation including preparation of drawing and photographic documentation<br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0Dismantling and resetting of the mandapa as the original<br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0Removal of vegetation from the superstructure and re-stitching of brick masonry wherever necessary<br \/>\n\u2666\u00a0Strengthening of foundation, wherever necessary<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Estimated cost of the project:\u00a0Rs.40.00 lacs<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A video on the Uttramerur Restoration Project can be seen here<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget clearfloat\"><object width=\"265\" height=\"265\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ohY0Y7Nwnxw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"265\" height=\"265\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structural restoration of Kailasanatha temple: Uttaramerur is an venerated village in Tamil Nadu. Its recorded history dates back to Pallava period (8th century AD). It is said that it was planned as per the rules laid down for town planning in the agamas. This is seen from the locations of the temple at their appropriate<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/temple-revivals\/uttaramerur-temple-restoration\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions\/287"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachfoundation.ngo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}