The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) along with a team from IIT-Chennai has resumed restoration of Kedarnath temple which was damaged in last year's flash floods in Uttarakhand. A senior official from the Culture Ministry said that a six-member ASI and IIT-Chennai team is carrying out geophysical testing of the site of the structure through Multi-Channel Analysis of Spectral Waves (MASW) tests.
Once their report is available, the necessary underpinning and repairs to the foundation of the temple, if required, will be carried out.“Major works to be accomplished at the site this year by ASI include packing the stones (matching the original profile and design), providing wooden flooring, cleaning of temple interior and preserving its stone surfaces and repairs to the temple steps and stone plinth, including resetting and repairs to the roof over Mandapa of the temple,” said the official.
ASI has engaged stone dressers (from Rajasthan), labourers and carpenters for the conservation work for which Rs2 crore have been earmarked.