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A breached portion of grey clay cookware believed to beryllium of Neolithic (New Stone Age) play and a chromatic pedestal with a carving of a Jina person been recovered during excavation astatine Kote Veerabhadraswamy Temple successful Lakkundi colony of Gadag district.
Member of the Lakkundi Heritage Area Development Authority Siddu Patil has said that on with the fractional information of a breached clay pot, they besides recovered two-three cowrie shells (kavade) astatine the site.
According to the authorities astatine the excavation site, the workers person dug up to a extent of 5 ft. As galore arsenic 34 workers are progressive successful the excavation being supervised by Archaeological Survey of India officials.
A breached portion of grey clay cookware recovered during excavation astatine Kote Veerabhadraswamy Temple successful Lakkundi colony of Gadag territory is believed to beryllium of Neolithic age. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The excavation enactment connected the Kote Veerabhadreshwar Temple premises successful Lakkundi was initiated connected January 16 and workers are carrying retired excavation cautiously since then.
Meanwhile, the officials are approaching residents successful houses built utilising a information of the temple and are requesting them to portion with their houses for restoration work.
On Tuesday, caput of the Chowkimath household Sharanayya Chowkimath said that they are acceptable to displacement if the authorities provides them with alternate onshore and house.
On Monday, a transverse shaped pedestal and a chromatic axe, reportedly of Neolithic period, were recovered during excavation.
