Queen · restorer · public patron
Ahilyabai Holkar
1725–1795 AD
From her court at Maheshwar, she supported sacred places and public works far beyond the territory she governed.
2 stories
State
Uttar Pradesh
5 lives connected here
3 preservation stories are located in this region in this edition. Other associations may be a birthplace, a place of rule or an organisational base.
This is a partial collection. Published profiles do not exhaust the region’s preservation history.
A broad discovery search was run for this state or union territory. Its results are leads, not a completed review of archives, local-language scholarship or every religious tradition.
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Administrator · patron
Raja Todar Mal
Died 1589 AD
Backed a sixteenth-century reconstruction of Vishvanatha at Kashi.
1 story
No verified likeness
Scholar · organiser
Narayana Bhatta of Kashi
Active 16th century AD
A Kashi scholar associated with organising the Vishvanatha reconstruction supported by Todar Mal.
1 story
Ruler · patron
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1780–1839 AD
Supported the marble and gilded form of Harmandir Sahib and contributed to Kashi Vishwanath.
2 stories
Buddhist revivalist · organiser
Anagarika Dharmapala
1864–1933 AD
Campaigned to renew Buddhist worship and participation in the custody of Bodhgaya.
1 story
Research still to do
Investigate named custodians and communities, inscriptions, institutional records and local scholarship. Separate rebuilding after damage from original construction; record collaborators, contested dates and image provenance.
Raja Man Singh I
Separate construction of a new Govind Dev temple from claims about restoring an earlier damaged shrine.
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Distinguish wide temple patronage from an individually documented preservation-after-loss episode.
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