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A pair of centuries-old Nandi statues carved out of monolithic soapstone, have been unearthed from a dried lake bed in Arasinakere, about 20 km from Mysore, a city in India’s southwestern Karnataka state.
The locals, particularly the senior citizens of the village, had earlier been aware of the presence of the Nandis, whose heads appeared to peep out partially whenever the water level in the lake dipped. The complete drying up of the waterbody during summer presented the curious residents an opportunity to dig deeper.
The locals, who dug up the area and even deployed an earthmover during a three-to-four-day exercise, managed to unearth two giant Nandi statues facing each other. A team of officials from the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, including archaeologist M.L. Gowda and engineer Satish, visited the spot on Monday.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Gowda said the statues appeared to belong to the 16th or 17th century, dating back to the post-Vijayanagar period. He said they resembled most of the sculptures carved out of the smooth soapstone during that period.
The statues are carved out of a single rock. “The statues are incomplete. While one appears to be 60% completed, the other is at about 85%,” Mr. Gowda said. He added that the statues were also not identical in size.
While the larger one is around 15 feet in length and 12 feet in height, the smaller one is more compact, according to locals.
A report on the excavation has been sent to the Commissioner of the Department Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, T. Venkatesh. For the time being, further excavation has been stopped and the department officials is awaiting instructions from seniors on the measures to be taken for the statues’ conservation.
Mr. Gowda said the department had been aware of the presence of the statues. “We conducted a spot inspection during 2016, but the area was covered with shrubs and submerged,” he said.
Meanwhile, citing locals, Jyothi S., Panchayat Development Officer of Marballi Gram Panchayat, under whose purview Arasinakere falls, said the village adjoining the waterbody is named after the Maharaja. Arasinakere, when translated into English, means ‘the king’s lake’, she said.
Locals also claim that the late Maharaja of Mysore, Sri Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, had visited the lake several decades ago and tried to unearth the statues by deploying men and material. However, the laborers had to abandon the task because of the rising water level in the lake.
While the locals suggest there could be an ancient temple beneath the lake, archaeologists say it is plausible that the Nandi statues had been carved out of the rock found at the spot for transportation to a different destination.
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#vietnam:monolithic sandstone Shiv Linga of 9th CE found by the Archeological Survey of India in its ongoing conservation project at cham Temple Complex “MY SON”
The Archaeological Survey of India on Wednesday unearthed an 1100-year-old monolithic sandstone Shivling during its conservation project at Vietnam’s Cham temple complex in My Son Sanctuary. The structure dates back to the 9th century.
India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar who shared the news on Twitter termed it as ‘Reaffirming a civilisational connect’. He applauded the Archeological Survey of India for its efforts.
The 9th-century fully intact Shivling is part of a complex of Hindu temples which were constructed by the Champa Empire between 4th century CE and 13th century CE in My Son sanctuary, in Quảng Nam province, central Vietnam.
The Minister of External Affairs added that the excavation was a part of a recent conservation project where India’s ASI is also involved. It is notable here that India has been helping several South-East Asian nations in the preservation and restoration works of ancient sites.
President Ramnath Kovind had visited the My Son sanctuary in 2018 and had informed that ASI is helping in the preservation works in the ancient Hindu site.
My Son sanctuary, Vietnam is a designated UNESCO world heritage centre and a home to a cluster of Hindu temples built over 10 centuries. The temples there are dedicated to Lord Shiva, known under various local names, the most important of which is Bhadreshvara.
The UNESCO site describes the ancient complex as follows: “Between the 4th and 13th centuries, a unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of contemporary Viet Nam. This is graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive tower-temples located in a dramatic site that was the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom for most of its existence.”
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Ancient Shiva temple discovered in JAVA,Indonesia
A large statue of Ganesha was excaved in Dieng Wetan Village of Wonosobo
District, Central Java in Indonesia. The Central Java Institute for Preservation of Cultural Heritage (BPCB) has done the excavation on 12 January.
The statue is made of andesite and is 140 cm in height and 120 cm in width. However, the head and the hand part remaining missing.
“This is the largest Ganesha statue found in Dieng, but we have yet to find its head and arms. We first unearth and save it, and then bring it along with the other stones found around the site of the Dieng Museum,” Head of the institute’s Dieng Temple Unit, Eri Budiarto said.
The statue was discovered by a farmer when he was ploughing his paddy field at a depth of 50 cm in December 2019.
Dieng plateau is the location of Hindu temples from the Kalingga Kingdom, one of the earliest Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms in Java. They are estimated to be built between 7th century to end of 8th century AD.
Later, Islam entered the island nation, and today, 90 per cent Javanese identify as Muslims. However, the Hindu-Buddhist influences can still be seen in the practice of Islam here.
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A Ganesha murti tound In bieng, Java, Inaonesia on 4/1th Dec,2019
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A potato farmer in Dieng found the Ganesha statue on Friday (12/27). So far the statue is the largest statue found. After further excavation, the temple roof was also found. Head of Tourism Object Management Unit Dieng Aryadi Darwanto said this statue was the largest statue ever found.
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“This Ganesha statue is the biggest compared to the collections at the Kaliasa Museum. The shape is llonong with the longest side width of 120 centimeters, the short side is 90 centimeters and the height is 140 centimeters yet with a head, “he explained. On the statue found a lotus flower motif.
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According to him, if only from the decorative motifs can not yet know the age of the arc. This statue is made of andesite stone with a blackish color. It is said, based on Dutch records around the location there are indeed many historic sites. “To its north is the Mager Sari Temple.
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But we don’t know whether it has anything to do with the temple or not. He still needs further research, “he said. He said that this statue was found by potato farmers while hoeing land. “Time was hugging about the stone that turned out to be a statue. But not to damage the condition of the statue. After it was excavated, it found the thigh, the acra position when it was found lying on the side, “he explained.
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Central Java DPRD Commission A member Tri Mulyantoro said the discovery of this statue shows Dieng as a historical heritage center. That way there needs to be alignments for Dieng and its surroundings. Both the Government of Wonosobo, Banjarnegara and Central Java Provincial Government were upgraded.
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“Especially the provincial government to be able to facilitate better,” he said. It was said, the discovery of this statue further strengthened Dieng’s potential wealth. “Besides having geothermal potential, Dieng also has cultural and historical tourism potential. In the future, it is necessary to dieng dieng as the center of national culture because of the many relics of the ancient kingdom,
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8th Century Maa Parvati temple found buried in Odisha (India) near Rushikulya in Ganjam
Buried artifacts of the 8th Century are emerging during renovation work of the Bateswar temple near Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam district of Odisha.
The temple is located on the coastal sand dunes around eight kms from the Kolkata-Chennai Highway near Humma.
According to Odisha State Archaeology department superintendent Sanghamitra Satpathy, with financial support of the World Bank, a Rs.1.64-crore renovation work was taken up at the Bateswar temple under the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP).
During the renovation, remnants of a Parvati temple were discovered from under the sand on the periphery of the Bateswar temple. According to the priest of the Bateswar temple, some idols were also discovered from this newly-discovered small temple.
Meanwhile, the State Archaeology department has decided to take necessary steps to preserve the newly-discovered temple.
Senior historian and retired head of history department of Berhampur University, Ashok Kumar Rath, who has researched on the archaeological remains of this region said the Bateswar temple, as well as the newly-discovered temple on its premises, belonged to the 8th Century. “The two-chambered Bateswar temple has archaeological resemblance with Laxmaneswar, Bharateswar and Shatrughneswar temples of Bhubaneswar, which were also built in the 7th or 8th Century AD,” said Prof. Rath.
According to him, this ancient temple was built during the Shilodvhav period of the Odisha history and was linked with maritime history of this region.
The Bateswar temple also has some stone inscriptions in ‘Devanagari’ and ‘Kutila’ scripts that have become dull with time. But as per the historians, these inscriptions are of later period, may be of 10th Century during the reign of Ganga dynasty.
During ancient times, ports existed at Palur and Ganjam near the Rushikulya rookery. It is felt that basing on the maritime activity in the region, an urban civilisation may have existed in the area and Bateswar temple was part of it.
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Excavation of the Candi Liyagan temple in Northern Central Java, Indonesia
Built in the 10th century, this is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. Rising above the centre of the last of these concentric squares are three temples decorated with reliefs illustrating the epic of the Ramayana, dedicated to the three great Hindu divinities (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma) and three temples dedicated to the animals who serve them.
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An ancient virgah of God Nataraja has been found in Adirampattinam , Thanjavur district .While Digging a groove for building 5ft murti was found .
As many as 14 ‘Vigrahas’ made of ‘panchaloha’ (the notion of ‘idol’ is actually a misnomer in Hinduism) were unearthed at a work site at Pazhanchur
near Adirampattinam in Thanjavur district on Saturday.
Workers who were using earthmovers to dig a pit for installing a bore-well in the Pazhamalainathaswamy temple in the village stumbled upon the ‘Vigrahas’ at a depth of six feet.
They then informed the HR and CE, Revenue officials and the police. When they dug further in the presence of officials, 14 ‘Vigrahas’ were found.
The Deities included those of Ganesha, four Amman ‘Vigrahas’ and a Nataraja, besides other ‘Vigrahas’, some broken and some intact and also some ‘Peedams’.
The ‘Vigrahas’ were taken to Pattukottai taluk office and kept their safely. The Cholaera temple is said to be 1,000 years old. Archaeological department officials have been informed about the unearthing of these ‘Vigrahas’.
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Pustakasala Hindu temple excavation site, nearby is the Indonesia Islamic University Ulil Albab Mosque, Kaliurang road, Kaliurang, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Pustakasala temple is a 9th to 10th-century Hindu temple located in the area of Universitas Islam Indonesia (Indonesia Islamic University or UII)
The temple was buried about five meters underground. Parts of the temple have been excavated to reveal square andesite stone walls and statues of Ganesha, Nandi, and Lingam-Yoni.
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The temple was accidentally discovered on 11 December 2009 during land excavations to lay foundations for the construction of a new university library. The discovery drew public attention and sparked excitement and curiosity. The news instantly drew many visitors to the site. Archaeology office (BP3) in Yogyakarta feared that large numbers of curious visitors would harm the excavation site, and feared the looting might take place. As the result, the area was surrounded with tin fences and closed; it is off-limits for visitors.
Like the temples of Sambisari, Morangan and Kedulan, the temple is thought to have been buried by an ancient volcanic eruption from nearby Mount Merapi about a millennia ago. The discovery of this temple was the most exciting archaeological findings in Yogyakarta recently, leading to speculation about whether other ancient temples still lie underground in the vicinity, buried under Mount Merapi volcanic ash.
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Further study and archaeological excavation are in progress by the Yogyakarta Archaeological office. So far the temple clearly shows its Hindu Shivaistic nature, and by the style of carving and statues strongly suggests construction somewhere around the 9th to 10th century, during Mataram Kingdom period.
During the discovery, the temple was known to public as Candi UII (Universitas Islam Indonesia temple), because it was discovered on the UII campus grounds. Later the Archaeological Office of Yogyakarta (BP3) named the temple Candi Kimpulan after Kimpulan village, the location of the site. However the UII Wakf Foundation Board suggested another name; Pustakasala which means “library” in Sanskrit. The suggested name was meant to emphasize its history of discovery, as the temple site was originally meant to be the university library. The name “Pustakasala” was also chosen to emphasize the education nature the university. Moreover, the Ganesha statue was discovered in the site, since in Java, Ganesha is traditionally known as the god of learning, intellectual, wisdom, and knowledge.
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Locals estimated the age of the temple to be about 200-years-old. Some locals felt that this was one of the 101 temples built by ‘Parasu Ram’ on the banks of Penna river.
The top of the temple became visible during the process of sand mining, and now efforts are underway by locals to try and retrieve the temple from the depths of the river bed.
The temple could have submerged and then buried over a long period of time as river Penna changed its course. The brick structure could have gone underwater probably after the 1850 floods, Archaeology Assistant Director Ramasubba Reddy
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The lost city of liyangan, Mt Sundara, central Java Indonesia
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The discovery of agsatya muni an Nandi statue in Sleman, D. I Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia 
The Acra invention Kornologi Starting digging and found that the two statues and other archaeological objects in the form of stone temples. After the excavation is stopped and reported to the Police Ngemplak, Sleman, Yogyakarta.
The land is an ACRA penigalan pruba in ancient times
