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The Brihadisvara Temple or the Great Temple, Thanjavur, built by Raja Raja Chola-I around 1010 A.D. is a masterpiece of South Indian art and architecture. It has attracted the attention of several distinguished historians and art critics and volumes have been written on different aspect of its many splendoured greatness. The author of this book does not claim to present any new discoveries but recounts in simple language all the outstanding features for which the ...
India has a rich cultural heritage in the form of temples, forts, palaces, churches and mosques. The monuments of different types are spread all over the country. These edifices are being protected in order to preserve the artistic and historic value and pass them on to the posterity. The causes for decay are so complex and the reasons are varied and therefore the job of a conservation specialist has become tough. The conservation process varies from simple ...