Mr. Reddy lamented the role of officials who did not take care about the historical significance of the sculpture while laying the road. “They could have shifted the sculpture inside the temple and erected it on a pedestal for proper display. It is insensitive on the part of the officials to lay the road covering the bottom part of the idol with concrete. I appeal to the Department of Archaeology & Museums to take necessary steps to extricate the sculpture and salvage it”. Mr. Reddy said that there were inscriptions engraved on a slab at the temple dated back to 1132 AD, 1141 AD and 1143 AD confirming the glorious past of the place of worship.

Source: The Hindu October 06, 2017 01:41 UTC