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Some of the books that he had authored embrace ‘Laddigam: A Later Chola Temples’, ‘Temple Art under the Chola queens’ and ‘Rajarajeswaram-the pinnacle of Chola art’ on the Thanjavur Brihadeeshwara temple.
Former IAS officer B. Venkataraman who was an authority on Chola History and Architecture expired in a personal hospital in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon. He was 95.
Mr. Venkataraman, a 1950 batch officer, had served as chief secretary Orissa and then as secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, New Delhi. Besides his profession as an IAS officer, he had a ardour for Chola artwork and historical past that he had inherited from his father S.R. Balasubrahmanyam. He had co-authored a e-book ‘Later Chola Temples’ together with his father.
Some of the books that he had authored embrace ‘Laddigam: A Later Chola Temples’, ‘Temple Art under the Chola queens’ and ‘Rajarajeswaram-the pinnacle of Chola art’ on the Thanjavur Brihadeeshwara temple. His doctoral thesis was on the contribution of the Chola queen Sembiyan Mahadevi.
He had refurbished the Museum and Manuscripts Library, Bhubaneswar, and additionally renovated structural temples such because the Lakhmanesvar and Bharateswar temples in Orissa. He is survived by his spouse and dance critic Leela Venkataraman, son and a daughter.
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