400 year old idols found during excavation in Haryana!!!
400 year old idols found during excavation in Haryana!!!Three metal statues, about four hundred years old, have been found during excavation for a construction project in Baghanki village near Manesar in Haryana. police said on wednesday that the ancient idols have been taken into possession and the owner has been asked to stop the construction work. The archeology department will now carry out further excavations to find out if there are any more sculptures at the site.According to the police, the idols were found while digging the foundation of a new house with a JCB machine. police said that initially, the plot owner tried to hide the items and even offered money to the JCB driver to hide the information. However, the driver informed bilaspur police after two days and a police team reached there. He said that during the excavation, one idol of Lord Vishnu, Goddess lakshmi, and a joint idol of Goddess lakshmi and Lord vishnu has been recovered. bilaspur police, Deputy director of Sculpture and Archeology Department, B. Bhattacharya, and Dr. Kush Dhebar.Villagers want to build a temple on the plotAccording to the police, the villagers wanted the idols to be handed over to the panchayat as they wanted to build a temple on the plot. However, Archeology Department officials rejected his demand. The Deputy director of the Archeology Department said, “These statues are the property of the government and no one can have personal rights on them. After study in our laboratory, they will be kept in the museum of the Archeology Department.According to the Deputy director of the Archeology Department, according to preliminary investigation, these sculptures appear to be about 400 years old. The archeology department will now carry out further excavations to check whether more sculptures can be found at the site. At present the owner of the place has been asked to stop digging.