{"id":1874,"date":"2022-11-29T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T06:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2022-11-29T12:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T06:48:26","slug":"making-sense-of-modis-temple-investment-cities-of-gods-and-a-new-idea-of-urban-aesthetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/making-sense-of-modis-temple-investment-cities-of-gods-and-a-new-idea-of-urban-aesthetics\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Sense Of Modi\u2019s Temple Investment: Cities Of Gods And A New Idea Of Urban Aesthetics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1874\" class=\"elementor elementor-1874\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6684c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6684c9\" 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wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Kashi Vishwanath corridor complex (PMO)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-674c140 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"674c140\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfc5542\" data-id=\"bfc5542\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed9f7d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed9f7d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Snapshot:<\/em><\/p><ul><li><p><em>Temples as public places is not a new concept, but never before this idea has been operationalised with such zeal in recent times.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/li><li><p><em>As PM Modi oversees a renewal and rejuvenation of temples, he is also giving a reality-check to those who believed progress and urban life to be an irreligious or even anti-religious activity.<\/em><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ab85df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ab85df\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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A few weeks back, PM Modi had inaugurated the re-developed Mahakaleswara temple complex in Ujjain.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><div><p>Earlier he had presided over the transformation of Kashi dham from a medieval neighbourhood with its dirty and narrow lanes to an ideal temple town with amenities and conveniences that is already the envy of any planned city.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc42865 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bc42865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/swarajyamag.com\/culture\/making-sense-of-modis-temple-investment-cities-of-gods-and-a-new-idea-of-urban-aesthetics\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Continue Reading...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As PM Modi oversees a renewal and rejuvenation of temples, he is also giving a reality-check to those who believed progress and urban life to be an irreligious or even anti-religious activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1874"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions\/1879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}