Please read the whole #Thread. If only I could see all the ancient temples in India the way they were originally constructed, in their full glory. #hoysalaheritage #hindutemple #templearchitecture #dharmamusings 
If only I could erase the hammer marks of the Islamic marauders and replace the amputated arms, the broken noses and hacked breasts of all the Murtis that they destroyed.
If only I could see our temples minus the modern day encroachments and misguided attempts to ‘redevelop’ - the RCC roofs, the ugly steel railings, the naked bulbs and cobwebbed wires hanging everywhere, random nails and tube lights stuck on centuries old stone.
If only I could see our ancient temples as Centers of our cultural and social life, rather than as places you go for a hurried Darshan.
If only I could see our ancient temples minus the ugly graffiti, of ‘Raj loves Neha’ scratched across thousand year old stone pillars!
If only I could see our ancient temples minus the ugly graffiti, of ‘Raj loves Neha’ scratched across thousand year old stone pillars!
If only all our ancient temples were still intact and in worship, and our Murtis in their garbhgrihas, clad in full alankaras, accepting shodashopchara poojas.
If only I could see the Vigrahas where they were meant to be, in the garbhgriha of a living temple being worshipped by devotees, rather than stuck behind a glass pane in a cold museum chamber or in a deserted garbhgriha displayed as a soulless exhibit to be gawked at by tourists
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