GUWAHATI: A very popular image of Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati has been printed on the NCERT Textbook, ‘An Introduction to Indian Art’. However, the textbook seems to have been publishing an error for quite some time now.
Chapter 6 of the textbook, which is 'Temple Architecture and Sculpture’, has a photo of Kamakhya Temple, but labels it as Temple, Sibsagar, Assam which is incorrect, by miles!
The textbook is an NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) issued book for students of Fine Arts for class XI.
A teacher from a city-based school speaking to G Plus said that CBSE students are taught world history and not temple architecture in class XI at this point.
A student under anonymity speaking to G Plus said, “This ignorance is extremely disappointing. It has been years since these books have been published. The ministries monitoring this are clearly doing a terrible job at and do not even have the sense to have rectify an error like this.”
It has also been reported that this book is read by UPSC aspirants as temple architecture is an important element in the preparation of the same.
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