After the reopening of the Kedarnath Temple
in May, 2014, a six-member team from Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has
been stationed at the site and has started conservation work there. A team from
IIT, Chennai along with ASI visited Shri Kedarnath Temple on 6th-7th
June, 2014 and submitted their provisional report based on site inspection of the
temple. A geotechnical team from IIT, Chennai, is presently visiting Shri
Kedarnath Shrine from 17-20 June, 2014 to carry out geophysical testing of the
site of the structure through Multi-Channel Analysis of Spectral Waves (MASW)
tests. Once their report is available, the necessary underpinning and repairs
to the foundation of the temple, if required, will be carried out.
A high level two-member team comprising
senior officials of Ministry of Culture and ASI is now on its way to Kedarnath to
make on-the-spot assessment of the restoration work at the Kedarnath Temple.
Major works to be accomplished at the
site this year by ASI include packing the stones (matching the original profile
and design), wherever missing, providing wooden flooring, cleaning of entire
interior of the temple and preserving its stone surfaces and repairs to the
temple steps and stone plinth, including resetting wherever necessary and
repairs to the roof over Mandapa of the temple. Stone dressers (from
Rajasthan), labourers and carpenters have been engaged by ASI for the
conservation work.
Rs. Two Crore have been earmarked to ASI
for restoration of Shri Kedarnath Temple.
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