{"id":5773,"date":"2005-12-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2005\/12\/18\/2005-12-18-central-indian-temple-that-inspired-parliament-building-neglected\/"},"modified":"2005-12-18T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-18T12:00:00","slug":"2005-12-18-central-indian-temple-that-inspired-parliament-building-neglected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2005\/12\/18\/2005-12-18-central-indian-temple-that-inspired-parliament-building-neglected\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Indian Temple That Inspired Parliament Building Neglected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\"><a HREF=\"http:\/\/news.webindia123.com\/news\/showdetails.asp?id=187834&#038;cat=India\">news.webindia123.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">MITAWALI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, December 11, 2005: An eighth century temple in Madhya Pradesh which bears a striking resemblance to the India&#8217;s Parliament House in Delhi has been lying in a state of utter neglect for a number of years. Located in the nondescript Mitawali village of Morena district, the magnificent circular structure lies in a radius of 170 feet. The temple, dedicated to Lord Siva has figurines of 64 Goddesses engraved on the circular inner wall. It also has 64 rooms, each with a Shivalingam. Archaeologists opine that the holy structure could have inspired the architects of Parliament House in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The structures of Indian Parliament House and Mitawali temple are strikingly similar. It seems that the architects drew inspiration from this temple in designing and building the Parliament House,&#8221; said Ameen Khan, a local archaeologist. The Parliament building, designed by renowned architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker, was constructed in 1927, 20 years before India&#8217;s independence in 1947. The building has been highly appreciated for its design across the world. It is touted to be among one of the world&#8217;s best architectural wonders.<\/p>\n<p>But the temple, which the archaeologists and locals in Mitawali believe might have inspired the magnificent building, is in a state of dilapidation. The Archaeological Survey of India, the autonomous body in-charge of India&#8217;s historical sites has only deputed a caretaker at the temple premises. Absence of any concerted renovation work is affecting the entire structure, especially the sculptures on the temple wall.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news.webindia123.com MITAWALI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, December 11, 2005: An eighth century temple in Madhya Pradesh which bears a striking resemblance,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}