Perimeter Wall Progress in India

Below is a 12-foot-long section of the Perimeter Wall for Iraivan Temple. In all, there are some 40 of these that make up the 485-foot-long wall.

Today in Bengaluru the team is working on carving of the pillar sections, the stones on the left and right in the photo below. They have brought a set of them into the sheds for doing the more ornamental work.

Also in this slideshow in the same shed the silpis are working on the two final stones of the Nandi Mandapam, which have small elephants near the bottom. These hand railings are on either side of the steps that a priest climbs to make offerings to Nandi and the balipeedam.

The markings in the center are for the etched plates that will have scripture and Gurudeva\

s teachings for pilgrims to read and study. (pan left and right)'

The end pillars ready for the silpis chisels.

The nandi handrailing. Looking closely you can see Gurudeva\

s finished murthi in the background. Also note the ergonomically engineered chair the silpi on the left is using, available at Amazon.com'

This is the second hand railing.

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