Temples reveal history of India

Vijayawada: M Srinivasa Reddy, reader in history, Andhra Loyola College, has said knowing history is very important to society to overcome the socio, economic problems and disasters. He said India has a great history of civilization and temples constructed in the country would reveal many facts about the history of those olden days. He addressed the seminar on ‘Fundamentals of Temple Architecture’ conducted by the Department of Archaeology and Museums at the Victory Jubilee Museum on Monday.

He said Indians had done business with Romans and Greeks a very long time ago and the trade gradually declined due to the fall of Roman and Greek empires 2000 years ago. He said the Indian economy was also collapsed due to the falling of Roman empire and later Indians started cultivation on massive scale along the rivers to strengthen the economy.

He said temples played vital role to teach the people about the past history of India. Department of Archaeology and Museums director G V Ramakrishna Rao explained the architectures of temples in different parts of India and narrated the changes made in architecture style. D Kiran Kranth Chowdary, a retired professor, said Indians developed different types of architectures for 2,000 years and architecture was the part of Indian history.

K V Satya Brahmacharya, Agama Pandit, said Rigveda has explained about the importance of different types of architectures and sculptures. He said there was description about architecture of forts, ornaments, temples in Rigveda.

Assistant director of archaeology Deepak Joe, Dr E Siva Nagi Reddy, chief executive officer of the Cultural Centre, Vijayawada, students of 13 districts attended the one-day seminar.