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ASI move welcome

Sir, — I wonder why there is so much opposition to the decision of the Archaeological Survey of India declaring the Tiruvannamalai temple in Tamil Nadu as a monument of national importance. It is a good move, considering that many ancient temples in Tamil Nadu are becoming concrete jungles in the name of development. Modern ceramic and synthetic tiles are laid even inside the sanctum sanctorum, flouting all norms and disturbing the serenity and ambience, and defeating the very science behind the "Agama Sastras" which advocate that the surface of the granite structures should be left unpolished enabling them to absorb energy radiations.

P. Saravana Mannaiyar,

Chennai

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