VARANATION: The 18th-century art wall Kashi Vishwanath Temple, saved from the impact of enamel paint cancer, is now wearing a dynamic look, and the 24 other temples are excavated during the elimination of old buildings for the construction of the Dham KV project.
“The conservation of the KVT wall is a challenging task because the enamel paint has damaged them badly and the number carved on the stone has rot.
We have completely removed the enamel paint from the wall.
The job restoring artistic design carved when the construction of the temple in 1777 has also begun.
But, it is the time of the retrieval process and will be completed after the KVD opening ceremony, “said Dr.
Shivani Mishra, a conservatory from Rajasthan who had worked for the recovery of different period history temples.
Apart from KVT, the Special Development Board area of ​​Shri Kashi Vishwanath has also taken the task of preserving 24 other temples excavated during the removal of old buildings or around KVT but in dilapidated conditions due to incorrect care.
“Along with KVT, my company was assigned to return 24 other temples in their actual form and design,” said Mishra, said that of these 24, working on 17 temples, including Chandragupt, Mandhateshwar, Dwadishling, Brameshwar, Gangeshwar, Bharmagupteshwar, Bhuvneshwar , Tarkeshwar, Chintamani, Samudramantana, Goyenka Chhatralaya, Shri Putlibai, Panchmukhi, Bhasma Gateshwar Temple and Gyanvapi Mandap has been completed.
“The process of restoring design carved design on the KVT wall stone with a solution ready with ‘GUD’ (Jaggery), ‘Methi’ (Fenugreek seeds), ‘Guggul’ (Commiphora Wightii), Custard Apple Water, Stone and Stone Powder will continue until all designs which was revived, “he said that the eight-temple remaining work will also begin after the opening of the KVD on December 13” expanded in the 5-lakh square leg area, the KVD temple is also called a temple complex because the recovery of all temples found in the area covered by the project This, “said Skvsadb Chairman Deepak Agrawal, added that carrying temples including KVT in its original form was a challenging task.
He added that the selection of conservators was carried out after going through a series of long and complicated presentations.
“I have given a presentation before SKVSADB and the selection of my company is done on merit.
The cost of work to preserve 25 temples including KVT is estimated at 1.60 crore Rs and we started our work in August this year, “Shivani said, hoping that his duties to preserve all 25 temples would be completed at the end of January.
Although it was a problem highlighted since 2009, finding a solution to save the walls of the artistic stone kvt from the impact of cancer from the enamel paint repeatedly before 2008 it is unlikely.
Experts say that the temple was built with a porous vindhya stone, which absorbed water along with salt and minerals through capillaries, but began to rot in the case it was coated with plastic paint because it did not allow moisture to go out of stone.
Note shows that the KVT Trust government and up initially asked for assistance from ASI, which was recommended to assign assignments for the National Research Laboratory for Cultural Reserve Conservation (NRLC) in 2009.
However, as NRLC estimates the cost of Rs 2.19 Crore to remove the enamel paint from the wall Batu, in 2010 KVTT rejected the proposal.
Another estimate of RS 1.22 Crore was given by NRLC for the same job in 2013-14 was also not accepted.
Then, the temple trust involved the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee by paying Rs 57 Lakh in December 2014 to find a way to remove enamel paint besides assessing the strength of the KVT building stone structure.
The CBRI also conducted research in 2015, but recommendations were not accepted by Trust.
In 2019, assistance from the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, who carried out 3D imaging and artistic wall mapping to assess damage and decide on how to restore them, taken.
Agrawal said, “As the previous exercise was carried out for conservation and recovery of damaged walls from KVT could not provide results, we included this work in the KVD project.
After the main civil work is complete, the process of conservation and artistic wall restoration the temple begins.
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