Temple Survey Project || Projects

Projects 1956 - 1957

DETAILS:

Shri K. Deva completed his survey of the group of temple at Khajuraho by making an exhaustive study of the iconography of the images on three temples. A detailed study was also carried out on the central Indian temples at Bhojpur, Bhilsa, Gyaraspur, Badoh, Pathari, Udaygiri, Surwaya, Kadwaha, Amrol and Gwalior, all located in Madhya Pradesh, datable to the 9th-10th century C.E.

(Indian Archaeology - A Review, 1956-57)

Voices of Heritage

“The Department wanted to explore, document, analyze and preserve unknown or known Temples of the country which were valued for their religious, social or cultural importance. The Temple Survey Project has the mandate to survey, recognize, document & analyze Temples through out the country by systematic studies and analysis. ”