Kadavul Temple Tiles

Aum Namah Sivaya

After many years of bright sun and heavy rains, certain ares of slate tile outside of Kadavul Temple have become loose. With water collecting underneath them, the grout was failing and some tiles were even breaking under uneven pressure. In an effort to remedy the issue, Vishvanathaswami and Tejadevanatha spent several days removing large portions of tile and cleaning up the concrete beneath them. They were able to rescue most of the original tiles, meaning we won't have to purchase many replacement pieces. Soon after their work, our hired worker Doug went about placing the tiles with fresh mortar and grout. He made sure to properly slope the tile, which had not been properly done before. This is what was causing a lot of the issues, as rain water would collect rather than flow off of them. After nearly a week of work the job is much closer to completion, with only a few more sections of new tile to lay. Aum.

This portion of old tile beneath Nandi was removed to be repaired.

This section in the bottom-right is getting new tile

The slate is rather nice, and looks even better after a tropical rain

Doug works to re-lay the old tile

This is the bottom of the slope. You can see where the side walk used to meet it. Now the tile slopes much lower.

After continued work and a light rain, it\

s looking nice!'
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