MADURAI, INDIA: The famed Meenakshi temple has taken up a project to digitally document the thousands of magnificent sculptures adorning the nine towers of the shrine. Renovation of the various towers was underway now and the documentation would also help in preserving the originality of the sculptures, temple officials said. The digital pictures would give details about the position of the sculpture and the dress, ornaments etc. The albums could be used for research in future by students of history and architecture.
“Each sculpture of the nine towers is being documented… that is a picture is taken and a number given. Even the minute details are not left out so that the renovation work does not affect the originality of the sculpture in anyway,” temple Executive Officer and Joint Commissioner B Raja said.
The sculptures in the five main towers of North, East, West and South and the “Rajagopuram” have already been covered. The West and South towers together have 2,600 sculptures.