Another option is to train folks who are artists in India in restoration science taught in several Italian and French universities, particularly the one in Bologna. I also wonder if that science developed for European paintings can be easily extrapolated for the Indian paintings, which I believe are compositionally quite different; organic as opposed to inorganic (?). Raj Mutharasan
I don't believe money is a serious issue. That can always be garnered. I think it is an issue of leadership. Perhaps influential members of this forum can suitably initiate such and other ideas with appropriate administrators/scientists/scholars.
Dear friends, It can be done on the lines of music concerts bring sponsored by philanthropic business houses during December season, for more than forty and odd sabas each arranging more than eighteen two or three weeksprograms in about twenty days are more.
I would prefer conservation than restoration. Maybe a good effort to recreate in an exhibit is ok. Restoration like the one in kailasantha make them loose their antique charm !
Firstly - sittanvasal is a jaina site. I have seen with such sponsorship drives, is that the corporates are rather selective in shrines and even deities which they want to promote. I know of someone who prepared a complete blue print on how to recreate sittanavasal with an onsite parallel exhibition like installation - so you go to the conserved shrine and then take the tour through the recreation to see how it would have looked in its hey days
He took this to many corporates and even Jaina organisations - still waiting for someone to take it on.
That sounds like a large development project. As Sankar suggested, small regular donation from Heritage Lovers could potentially provide funding of some sorts. There must be talent in this group to develop a preliminary business plan to determine feasibility.
That's for sure. Kailas. looks terrible in areas where figures have been reshaped--- All that beauty underneath, covered in uninspired features. I feel fortunate to have seen most of it before that was done. kathie