3D, laser mapping of 125 monuments in 8 districts completed
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It will assist in higher conservation and safety of monuments and in updating their database
The 3D and laser mapping of 125 monuments unfold over 8 districts in south Karnataka area below the jurisdiction of the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka, have been completed.
The train was taken by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) below the Karnataka Digital Heritage challenge. This entails 3D mapping of 844 protected monuments throughout Karnataka coming below the State Department of Archaeology.
While the report pertaining to105 monuments unfold over 9 districts coming below Bengaluru division was submitted final yr, the report on 125 monuments below Mysuru division was submitted just lately.
While 7 monuments are in Chamarajanagar district, 12 are in Chikkamagaluru, 30 in Mandya, 3 in Kodagu, 30 in Hassan, 32 in Mysuru, 1 in Dakshina Kannada, and 10 in Udupi districts.
Sources in the State Archaeology Department mentioned the train will assist in higher conservation and safety of monuments and in updating the database of heritage buildings.
The information generated will assist in future preservation, restoration and reconstruction of heritage websites and monuments.
The State Archaeology Department roped in the experience of the KSCST for the projectusing geo-spatial and 3D laser scanning applied sciences in a phased method by protecting the heritage monuments in the 4 income divisions of Bengaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi and Kalaburagi.
The area survey for the 125 monuments in the Mysuru division commenced in October, 2020, after the restrictions on visiting locations of curiosity and public gathering had been lifted as half of the graded unlocking by the State authorities. The information submitted to the State Archaeology Department contains 3D mesh fashions and CAD drawings of the monuments together with technology of 3D and laser maps. All the maps have been geotagged.
From the conservation level of view the train entails creating an accurate image of the monument and delineation of the boundary and helps in 3D projections and in creating digital excursions in future.
The outstanding monuments that had been lined below the challenge embrace Lushington Bridge at Sathegala a portion of which was washed away in floods 3 years in the past throughout monsoon.
Other monuments embrace Chennakeshava temple at Marale in Chikkamagaluru; inscriptions of Halebidu in Hassan; Yoga Narasimhaswamy temple, Rayagopura, Kalyani, and Narayanaswamy temple at Melukote in Mandya district; Srirangapatna Fort, Gomateshwara statue at Gommatagiri, (*8*) temple, Mahabaleshwara temple, and Wellington Lodge in Mysuru district; Sri Ananthapadmanabhaswamy temple at Belle in Udupi; Raja’s tomb in Madikeri; and Durgaparameshwari temple at Balpa in Sullia taluk of Dakshna Kannada district.
The monuments in Belagavi and Kalaburagi income division are actually pending and will probably be completed as soon as the State unlocks totally.
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