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A Case Study of Underwater Temple for 46 Years at Honnur, Belgaum Roshan Ramesh Kavilakar1, Vishal Vishwas Desai2 1Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Mahagaon, India 2 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Sant Gajanan Maharaj Rural Polytechnic, Mahagaon, India
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Abstract - This paper is the case study of an underwater
are dropped and the temple is reopened after from 46 years and it is very surprised that the temple is in good condition like just built in 2 days ago and other miscellaneous structure are collapsed and move away from location.
Vitthal temple for 46 years at Honnur, Belgaum District Karnataka. the temple is in underwater due to construction of Hidkal dam in that particular area. In this paper the detailed study of underwater temple includes general details of temple, ancient temple construction technology and construction material used in temple. Key Words: Underwater temple, Ancient construction technology, Rocks, Lime mortar rig, Stepped square slab.
1.INTRODUCTION Karnataka is a state with a rich cultural and heritage that is enriched with architectural Jewel's. India has 38 world heritage site that include 30 cultural, 7 natural and 1 mixed site. Karnataka has 2 UNESCO world heritage site that are popular destination and tourist attraction Hampi and pattadakal. Hampi boasts of the ruins from Vijaynagar empire and is an ancient village located in north Karnataka, the pattadakal was built 18th century by chalukya dynasty.
Fig -1: Partially submerged temple in summer, May 2022
The Vitthal temple located at Honnur village, Belgaum district, Karnataka. This temple was built in 1928 by local governing authority. Total life of temple from 1928 to 2023 is about 95 years. Temple is located in the center of the Honnur village which located at the bank of ghatprabha river in Krishna River basin. After some decades the Karnataka governing body are decided to construct a reservoir (dam) across the ghatprabha river in that particular area due to this the number of villages are rehabilitated from reservoir ponding area but some temples were present as it is. In 1977 construction of reservoir (dam) are completed and the dam was named as Raja Lakhamagouda dam, also known as Hidkal dam. This name was given due to Raja Lakhamagouda Sar Desai was an Indian philanthropist, first Barrister-at-Law from Karnataka and a ruler of Vantamuri princely state in Belagavi district. He was the 16th ruler of Vantamuri princely state. He ascended the throne at the age of 13 years in 1877. The princely state had a Wada (traditional mansion) at Vantamuri which was built by Prabhu Basavantrao and it was submerged in 1978-79 when a dam was constructed at Hidkal dam.
Fig -2: Fully Resurfaced after 46 years in summer, Jun 2023
2. LOCATION DETAILS The temple is 350m from honnur (newly rehabilitated) village, Belgaum district, Karnataka state. The temple is fro from 13 km from hattargi village Karnataka. The latitude and longitude of temple are 16° 9' 14"N and 74° 36' 28" E respectively.
Afterwards from 1977 huge amount of water are stored in reservoir due to this the Vitthal temple is present as it is location are submerged under water. In May 2023 due to delay in the monsoon and less rainfall intensity water level
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