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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Sharath S. Srivatsa

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: When locals took initiative in restoration work

The 1538 C.E. inscription stone now installed at Varadaraja Swamy temple in Singasandra. (Source: THE MYTHIC SOCIETY, BENGALURU)

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An undocumented 750 C.E. stone inscription, now the oldest recorded stone inscription in Bengaluru, along with two other documented stone inscriptions, were on the verge of being lost when a team from The Mythic Society found them. The inscription standing in a drain along the road was being covered using stone aggregates when the team arrived in the nick of time. After much persuasion and local population being taken into confidence, the three inscriptions were removed and placed in an 8 th century C.E. Ganga-styled Mantap that was built through crowdfunding.

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