Mysore/Mysuru, April 5 -- The Wadiyar Centre for Architecture (WCFA), Mysuru and the Cosmology Education and Research Training Centre (COSMOS-Mysuru) of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), has organised a special talk by Dr. B.S. Shylaja at the Lecture Hall 1 & 2, WCFA, No. 1011, CH20, Krishnaraja Boulevard, Chamaraja Mohalla, Mysuru, on Apr. 7 at 5.30 pm.

Dr. Shylaja will deliver a talk on 'Astronomy in temples - Architecture, art and time keeping.' The event is free and open to all.

About the talk: Temples which are generally associated with only religious activities today, served a completely different role in the past. Time keeping was one of the important tasks - the monitoring of the movements of the Sun and the Moon were ...