Varanasi: The artistic wall of the 18th century Kashi Vishwanath temple, saved from the impact of enamel paint cancer, now wearing a vibrant display, and so is the 24 other temples excavated during the removal of old buildings for the construction of the Dham KV project.
“KVT wall conservation is a challenging task because the enamel paint has damaged them poorly and the numbers carved on the rock have rotted.
We have fully removed enamel paint from the wall.
The work restored artistic design carved during the construction of the temple in 1777 has also been Starting.
However, this is the process of taking the time and will be completed after the KVD opening ceremony, “Dr.
Shivani Mishra, a conservator from Rajasthan who had worked to restore historical temples in different periods.
Apart from KVT, the Special Area Development Board of Shri Kashi Vishwanath has also taken assignments to preserve 24 other temples that are excavated during the transfer of old buildings or around KVT but in dilapidated conditions due to improper maintenance.
Working on the 8 remaining temples to start after KVD openingong with KVT, my company was assigned to recover 24 other temples in their actual form and design, “said Mishra, said that of these 24, working on 17 temples, including Chandraguppling, Dwerishling, Brameshwar, Gangeshwar, Bharmagupteshwar, Bhuvneshwar, Tarkeshwar, Chintamani, Samudra Manthan, Goyenka Chhatralaya, Shri Putlibai, Panchmukhi, Bhasma Gateshwar Temple and Gyanvapi Mandap has been completed.
“The process of restoring the design carved with KVT rocks with a solution prepared with ‘gud’ (Jaggery), ‘Methi’ (Fenugreek Seeds), ‘Guggul’ (Commiphora Wightii), Custard Apple Water, Stone Powder and Stone will continue until all designs are revived, “he said that the work of the remaining eight temples would also begin after the opening KVD on December 13.
“Expanded in the 5-foot area of ​​5 lakh, KVD temple is also called the temple complex because of the recovery of all TE fleas-minjar found in AR EA covered under this project, “said Chairman Skvsadb Deepak Agrawal, adding that carrying temples including KVT in its original form is a challenging task.
He added that the selection of conservators was carried out after going through a series of long and complex presentations.
“The selection of my company is done on merit.
Working costs to preserve 25 temples including KVT are estimated at 1.60 crore Rs and we start our work in August,” Shivani said, expecting assignment to preserve all 25 temples to be completed.
At the end of January.
Despite being a problem highlighted since 2009, finding a solution to save the walls of the artistic rock of KVT from the impact of cancer from enamel paint repeatedly before 2008 it is impossible.
Experts say that the temple was built with a porous vindhya stone, which absorbed water along with salt and minerals through the capillary action, but began to rot if it was coated with plastic paint because it did not allow moisture out of stone.