It was dilapidated and needed immediate conservation. ... In November of 1877, Cunningham stood right in front of what he believed to be the oldest temple made of bricks in all of India.

Spread across an area of 600 acres, the temple is made of baked bricks. In India, most of the brick temples were built in the Gupta period which existed in the fourth century AD.

The temple movement spread across the country and thousands of frenzied Hindus demolished the dilapidated mosque structure on Dec. 6, 1992. The BJP came to power in a coalition with smaller parties in ...

Sadly, the temple and rajbari witnessed years of neglect, and several structures have collapsed over time. It was only in 2013 that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation took up the job of restoring the ...

The Stone chariot in Vitthala Temple, built in the 15th century A.D. during the reign of King Krishna Deva Raya, Hampi, Kartanaka, India. V. Muthuraman/IndiaPictures/Universal Images Group via Getty ...