The building was cleared by residents of the nearby village during the confinement. The temple of Sri Nageswara Swamy is said to be dedicated to Parashurama, the sixth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu.
–In France, there are sandcastles. In India, castles in the sand. In Perumallapadu, a temple buried for almost 80 years has just been excavated. The inhabitants of this village west of Nellore, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, took advantage of the confinement to undertake excavations after having rediscovered certain small structures which were exposed in this mining region. After many efforts, the temple has finally unveiled its lines, as reported by the Indian news agency ANI.
According to village elders and the deputy director of archaeological excavations, the temple was buried after the floods of 1850 and the change of course in the Pennar River. Obliged to move away from the banks of the river, the inhabitants abandoned the building to its fate, assailed by the dunes before disappearing completely. About 300 years old, it would be the temple of Sri Nageswara Swamy. According to the ANI, the local population thinks it remembers that it is dedicated to Parashurama, the sixth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu.
The excavations were stopped and “a detailed site review will be performed“Explains the assistant director of archaeological excavations in the columns of The Hindu . Measures to renovate and preserve the temple will be taken at the request of the community. “We have plans to rebuild the temple to practice puja, a rite of offering and worship“Explained one of the villagers to New Indian Express .
An exceptional discovery, the temple attracted the inhabitants of Perumallapadu and the surrounding villages who had already started to visit it before the arrival of the authorities. Some were already worshiping there. To protect against risks, the structure remaining fragile, the site is now guarded by police.
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