Talk:Ratneshwar Mahadev temple

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Well, here are three 1832 (publish date) sketches by James Prinsep

benares-a-brahmin-placing-a-garland-on-the-holiest-spot-in-the-sacred-city-1832-by-james-prinsep.jpg Perhaps the Tarakeshwar Mandir [1] Is this the temple on the right? The temple behind it is the Tarakeshwar Mandir: ([2])

I estimated the lean by rotating the photos (especially this one) using an image editor.

Malaiya (talk) 23:50, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Baija Bai's reconstruction of Gyan Vapi dates to 1868, and Ahilya Bai's reconstruction of the Vishwanath temple dates to 1777. The Sacred Complex of Kashi: A Microcosm of Indian Civilization By Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi, Makhan Jha, Baidyanath Saraswati, p. 311

There’s a misleading entry about this temple having an ‘Elevation’ of 74 meters. However, most people reading this interpret it to mean that the tower is 74 meters tall, which is definitely is NOT. It’s actually 74 m. ABOVE SEA LEVEL - but who wants to know that? People want to know its HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND, which is more accurately written as 12 meters. This needs to be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.72.77 (talk) 08:04, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

I've removed the mention of 74 meters. It was pretty ridiculous as you can clearly see it's height cannot be more than 15 or 20m based on photos of people standing in front of it... Zeebo7 (talk) 16:13, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

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