tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413207868821089033.post6793342046809795919..comments2023-10-14T09:47:18.920+02:00Comments on Clearing the clutter in the attic...: Whitewashing 4000 years of history ?!?Sowmya Gopalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801913358584597094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413207868821089033.post-32393197414972471582011-06-17T13:49:12.894+02:002011-06-17T13:49:12.894+02:00It is nothing new !The people who work in the gove...It is nothing new !The people who work in the governing departments and the employees of the temple are either ignorant or they don't simply care! The State Govt. do not provide the temple employees good salary even to pull on with their monthly expenses ! Do you know the salary of Raman in Thiruppunnavasal temple? It is just Rs.250/- a month - can you believe it? Then who will be interested when your own family is starving? The Govt. neither protects the temples nor the statues of their own mentors viz. Periyar, Anna and MGR! One flower vendor, out of love and affection, in Teynamept is garlanding the statute of MGR in Mount Road (Anna Salai)daily at his own expense ! That is how it is! They also do not allow other people to maintain the temples at their own cost !<br /><br />VeegopaljiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413207868821089033.post-53172015288073955832011-06-16T19:43:04.515+02:002011-06-16T19:43:04.515+02:00I feel the problem is theresn't many people wi...I feel the problem is theresn't many people willing or interested to study about art and history in India. The reason behind is very obvious, when all my friends are studying engineering/medicine and getting nice pay, why should I study about art, preserving the history and get less attractive pay? or no job at all?? How many people do you know in your school have ended up in studying art and history? <br />I remember Egypt now, if you see all the 1000 year old mummies and tombs being discovered, it is not the local people who are taking the initiative or doing research about their history, majority of them are the western people who are taking the effort. Whoever takes the effort/Initiative, Egypt is earning lots of money by attracting world wide tourists, and they are investing the money again in preserving their history and its like a cycle. <br />Imagine if we are doing nice Tourism marketing about our beautiful temples in Tamil Nadu (as well as all over India) we would definitely get enough tourist like Goa, Kerala or Taj Mahal is getting. I bet we people would understand the value of our 4000 year old history only when someone from outside India or the western people says WOW !!<br />As you mentioned many people are struggling to get basic food and education and our government has got to do a lot for this. So spending money without return/profit on preserving the art & history is little bit harder for a developing nation like India. That's why I would say we should attract world wide tourist and invest the money from tourism on preserving the art and history.divyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265519567011430957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413207868821089033.post-85774120145063284162011-06-15T23:40:52.532+02:002011-06-15T23:40:52.532+02:00If they are not restoring, why cant they preserve ...If they are not restoring, why cant they preserve them in any conservation laboratories. Looks like they have many Archaeological Conservation Program http://asi.nic.in/asi_cons_prev.asp.<br />But how effective are they ? clueless......Beaulah Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699625437103422508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413207868821089033.post-4263091098101262892011-06-15T23:08:25.124+02:002011-06-15T23:08:25.124+02:00I have heard of people in the US studying Tamil eg...I have heard of people in the US studying Tamil eg: at Wisconsin Madison and I am sure there are probably enough people interested in south Indian art as well. Not sure if they can actually help. <br /><br />I actually feel that the change of govt. now might also help. We all know how the prev govt felt about religious stuff.Charanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682705162985903994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413207868821089033.post-19685852083148508322011-06-15T17:23:03.425+02:002011-06-15T17:23:03.425+02:00India still is centuries backward when it comes to...India still is centuries backward when it comes to preserving artifacts and other things. The Archeological Survey of India does not play its role where it is intended to do.Kalyanhttp://watsnstoreforu.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com