Beyond the “Dead Monument”: Rethinking the AMASR Act
"Putting a new idol in a temple is not a damaging act and second, that conservation and worship can be reconciled in practice. ASI kept the damaged idols and the devotees received consecrated ones." A temple can be two things at
The Unsung Shield of Kanchi: Reclaiming the Forgotten History of Maratha Sacrifices at the Sri Devarajaswamy Temple
Walk through the majestic corridors of the Sri Devarajaswamy (Varadaraja Perumal) Temple in Kanchipuram, and you will find yourself surrounded by stone inscriptions, grand architecture, and sacred history. Yet, in the Mandapa leading to the steps of Sri Perundevi Thayar