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- Chinar Corps of the Indian Army was accorded recognition by the National Monuments Authority (NMA) for preserving and rejuvenating Pandrethan temple.
- The Chinar Corps had adopted the ancient excavation site of Pandrethan within the cantonment and after restoration, had named it ‘Dharohar’.
About Pandrethan Temple
- It is an 8th century heritage site situated in Srinagar’s Badamibagh.
- It has been preserved and rejuvenated by the Chinar Corps of the Indian Army.
- The site hosts several excavated figurines tracing back to the 2nd century – in the form of two large monolithic rock shiva lingams, seven Gandhara-style sculptures and a huge rock carving of the feet of a monolithic statue.
- Pandrethan site near Shiva temple was excavated by the British era ASI in 1913 yielding several Buddhist sculptures and rubbles of a Chaitya assignable to the 8th CE.
Source:IE
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