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[Y-Indology] Wood temple section in USA Museum

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On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, ymalaiya wrote:

 

> In one of the US museums I once saw a section of wood structure of a

> temple transported from Gujarat. The temple was originally made of

> wood, but it was rebuilt in stone, some of the wood structure

> escaped destruction.

>

> Does anyone know which museum it is in?

>

> Yashwant

>

 

Dear Yashwant,

 

There's a set of exquisitely carved rounded ceiling panels and niches from

such a wooden temple in the South Asia collection of the Metropolitan

Museum in NYC. That might be what you have in mind.

 

yours,

Fran

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