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+  From: "Architexturez" <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:27:20 -0600 (CST)
MONA MEHTA
Posted online: Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 0030 hours IST

MUMBAI, JAN 13 : Flush with funds, religious trusts across the country
are tying up with top builders to renovate age-old temples and attract
neo-devotees into sacred spaces. And in a bid to cash in on this religious
zeal, construction companies and architects are offering technical help to
give these temples a new look and develop space within and around them to
increase devotee footfalls.

cont'd....
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=151638

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