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If
devotees can not go to the devotees, the temple goes to
the devotees. That is what is happening in Krishnaraja Sagar
reservoir.
Excavator, tractors etc. seen at the site
moving the giant stones and broken structure.
The
12th century Sri Venugopal Swamy
temple, which remains submerged
when the KRS is full and resurfaces when the water level
reaches all time low as it is happening occasionally during
the last five years, is being shifted to the nearby Kannambadi
village.
Thanks
to Mr. Sri Hari Khoday liquor baron and philanthropist,
who has taken up this gigantic task as a project of Khoday
Foundation. When Khoday Foundation came forward to shift
the temple's structure to Mysore with plans of locating
it at Madhuvana here, the villagers of Kannambadi opposed
the move and staged a protest resulting in the Foundation
agreeing to shift it to a place near Kannambadi and meeting
the entire cost of the operation.
The Man on a Mission - Mr. SriHari Khoday
Early
action:
In the light of the temple getting submerged once again
during the ensuing monsoon, the work of shifting the temple
before the onset of monsoon is in brisk progress round -
the - clock since Monday. More than 180 workers having been
brought form Bangalore for the shifting works, the villagers
of Kannambadi have also joined them in the work on which
10 tractors, 2 JCB machines and a crane have been marked
with numbers. The present design of the structure has been
computerized and videographed to safeguard the heritage
value of the structure, Mr. Chandramohan, Private Secretary
to Mr. Khoday told our correspondent.
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Scoop and lift the God's House to relocate
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Stone by Stone, Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple is
dismantled and loaded to a tipper to transport them to a new location |
To
prevent damage to the parts of the temple's tower (Gopura)
services of expert sculptors from Tamil Nadu were being
obtained and in addition, engineers were being deployed,
he disclosed. The site for reconstructing the temple was
being acquired from the villagers themselves and adequate
compensation was being paid to them. The matter had the
tacit approval of the villagers, he said.
Ahead
of monsoon:
The temple of
Gopalaswamy, visible only when the water level
at the reservoir dipped very low, had attracted a large
number of devotees. It was the objective of Khoday's Foundation
to shift the temple well ahead of the monsoon, Mr. Chandramohan
explained. The Government, Department of Archeology, Department
of Irrigation, Police and District administration have accorded
their approval to the proposal to shift the temple and reconstruct
the same near its original location Kannambadi village.
The work of transporting the stones of the temple being
in progress all the 24 hours, the entire work would be completed
June 7, he disclosed.
 
Left: Mr.Khoday, the Samaritan and the do-gooder
provides wter and food for the workers at the site. Right: Another view of the temple being knocked down for
relocating it
Generators:
Due to anxiety of the temple getting submerged in case the
shifting work was not completed before the onset of monsoon,
the work had been intensified and heavy-duty generators
were being used to ensure light for working during the night.
Security personnel had been posted at the site of the temple
in order to prevent the tourists form entering the temple
as the work is in progress. Some hawkers had opened stalls
to sell fruits, buttermilk, and soft drinks and so on near
the temple. Supply of food and snacks to the workers had
been given on contract to the villagers who were preparing
the food by erecting a pandal at the site. Soon after the
completion of shifting, reconstruction of the temple would
start. It was the aim of the Foundation to make the new
site of the temple as a place of tourist attraction, Mr.
Chandramohan our corespondent.
Courtesy:
Star of Mysore
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