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✅️Imporatant one with good narrative ⭕️ In a heterogenous society, the goal of every state is to provide equal access to its citizens. When it comes to physical-public domain design, infrastructure for persons with disability assumes another dimension of architecture ⭕️The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) inspires and focuses on universal designs.

🅾️ The mukha-mandapam is a later -time addition of this temple 🅾️Read an interesting story related to a majestic Nandi (bull) that stands to guard the temple. This is the second largest Nandi in India. What had happened to Chola Nandi and where it is now? 🅾️ The niches of wall are ornamented with 'makaratorana'. 🅾️Various forms of shiva are there which include Nataraja, Lingodhbawa, Gangadhara, Ardhanareeshwara, Kala Samhara, Harihara, to name a few. 🅾️At the end read about engineering challenges which have been tried and tested on the UNESCO WORLD Heritage Site : Brihadeeshwara Temple 🙏

🅾️ What is ' sookhmalinga'? 🅾️ Why the topography of Kailasa has been recreated as a stone bas- relief on the eastern facade of the temple? 🅾️ Sanctum Sanctorum: narrow circumambulatory path called 'sandharaarai'✅️ •• Bharathanatyakaranas: poses performed by shiva. Some 81 poses out of 108 poses have been have been installed on the temple circumference ✅️

🅾️ Focus points 👆 •• Ganesha idol, Parivara-Alayattu Palliyar, Diety:Murugan or Subhramanya with his consorts Valli and Devasena; Chandikeshwara and about the inscription where various temple related activities have been documented in detail by the king himself. ••• Who is Brihannayaki? •• Sri Vimana, shikhara and kalasam

👆 Read why unlike most public spaces in Indian cities, Central Vista is a brownfield site ✅️

🔵Nothing important for UPSC..... just read for knowledge 🅾️ One point we can take out from here is this that 'Central Vista' is a symbol of our victory over British Imperalism.The Indian Constitution was written here, we adopted imperial Council House as the Parliament of India, Viceroy 's House was adopted as Rashtrapati Bhavan, India Gate became a national monument........ and so one... (Read above) 🅾️CentraVista is a national icon for India

🅾️ Concept of smaller towns as growth centres and develop them as 'magnets'. 🅾️Gandhiji's charkha:local to global connect with 'aatamnirbhar bharat 'at its base and growth of person at individual level👆

🅾️ We need to 'miniaturise' our cities, make them more compact. One of the ways is to think of them as ' walkable cities' 🚶🚶‍♀️👣

Q.) Planning is not merely physical growth, but also spiritual and cultural growth. Explain this in context with town planning and sustainable development goals. 🔵 GS-3 // MAINS// 🅾️ NOTE::: Do mention the World Green building Council and Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) in this Mains Answer✅️

👆December : Edition ✅️Cover in one day with us....

🅾️ Though this months' Yojana has less important chapters for UPSC preparation, still will share some gist of relevant facts✅️

✍️Lines to beautify your 'MAINS' 📚Theme: Year End 🙏 #Ethics #Essay #Mains

🅾️ Watch the above two videos to complete a topic on Sri Aurobindo, Matrimandir and Auroville🍁