WARANGAL: A visit by Miss India 2022, Nandini Gupta, to the Unesco World Heritage Site Ramappa Temple triggered a controversy after some YouTubers and local media outlets falsely claimed that the temple’s iconic sculptures were created by melting and casting stones.
The erroneous claims drew sharp condemnation from the Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundham (KTCB), whose convener Sriramoju Haragopal dismissed the notion as a "gross distortion of historical facts." The team clarified that the sculptures at Ramappa Temple were meticulously hand-carved using chisels, and no melting or casting process was involved. Spreading such misinformation, they warned, not only disrespects Telangana’s ancient artisans but could also jeopardise the temple’s Unesco World Heritage status.
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Eminent archaeologist Dr E. Shivanagireddy and renowned architect D.N.V. Prasad backed the KTCB’s stand, praising the unmatched artistic and technical prowess of the temple’s craftsmen.
Adding scientific weight to the rebuttal, geologist and KTCB adviser Chakilam Venugopal Rao explained that the idea of melting stone is fundamentally incorrect. Stones such as those used at Ramappa are formed naturally from magma over geological timescales and cannot be melted and reshaped once solidified.
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