BHUBANESWAR: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) at Puri has suggested to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to run 3D laser scan of their 12th-century shrine.
Anyway, a five-year activity program has been formulated together from the ASI and say functions department for appropriate conservation of the Jagannath temple along with the subsidiary shrines situated on the assumptions of the major temple complex.
The temple government stated the projected laser imaging alongside a photogrammetric survey can help capture a very clear image of the structural harm, if any, of this temple.
The technologies will also enable the ASI to correctly document the architectural and structural layout of this temple to future reference and use.
“The ASI has consented to run the laser imaging.
We’ll have a last decision after accepting the Chhatisa Nijog (confederation of unique institutions of servitors) along with also the temple handling committee to the assurance,” a mature temple officer stated.
ASI’s superintending archaeologist (Bhubaneswar circle) Arun Malik reported that the laser scan is secure and can cause no injury to the early structures of their temple.
“We’ve already ran the 3D laser scanning in the Sun Temple at Konark.
The information is used for conservation of this monument.
There’s absolutely not any damage to adopt exactly the identical technologies for Jagannath temple,” Malik said.
However on Thursday, SJTA’s main administrator Krishan Kumar maintained a digital interview with former officers of both ASI along with other specialists, such as archaeologists and conservationists for good maintenance of the Jagannath temple.
“The yearly restoration and repair work is going to be carried up within Garbha Gruha (sanctum sanctorum) along with different areas of the temple involving Rath Yatra and Niladri Bije.
Strict adherence to Covid protocol is going to be guaranteed during the review.
A micro work program will be jointly developed from the ASI and operates division in this respect,” Kumar explained.
Kumar reported a five-year activity program for detailed conservation work of the principal temple in addition to that the 136 subsidiary shrines of the temple complex is going to be implemented.
Resources said the ASI could first begin the documentation of this structural layout of this sanctum sanctorum, in which the intruder deities are worshipped.
This past year, a few servitors had alleged a few stones by a lotus-shaped arrangement in the Ratna Simhasan, the raised base in which the deities are put, went lost.
Temple sources stated the sanctum sanctorum is almost 30 ft (8.5 metre) long and 30 ft (8.5 metre) wide.