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Bateshwar | Restoration of the largest temple ruins  

In the ravines of Chambal in Madhya Pradesh, lies Bateshwar, a complex of 200 ancient temples. For centuries they lay in ruins, swallowed by forest. Until about 20 years ago, when, K.K. Muhammed, an archaeologist with the Archaeological Survey of India, teamed up with Nirbhay Singh Gujjar, one of Chambal’s most feared dacoits, to bring the heritage site back to life. This is the story of an unusual partnership that saved Bateshwar.


Image Attributions:


1.Saarc Award – KK Muhammedpic

Jamshedhkk, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saarc_Award_-_KK_Muhammedpic.jpg

2.Chambal River badlands

by Irene Marzolff, Dep. of Physical Geography, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/3254/

3.Chambal Ravines – Rajasthan – 2013-02-22 4603

Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chambal_Ravines_-_Rajasthan_-_2013-02-22_4603.JPG

4.1834 sketch of elements in Hindu temple architecture, four storey vimana

Ms Sarah Welch, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1834_sketch_of_elements_in_Hindu_temple_architecture,_four_storey_vimana.jpg

5.3D Animated Map – Google Earth Studio



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