A different way to look / Project Tirtha

Manokamna Temple,
in 3D.

An original reconstruction from 161 photographs.

Still view rendered from Project Tirtha’s original October 2023 Manokamna Temple reconstruction.

16.3 MB · local model and decoders · no external viewer

A reconstructed model, not a photograph or a survey. Reduced-motion and unsupported devices keep the still view. The original model is displayed unchanged for noncommercial viewing.

Model: Anonymous contributor / Project Tirtha, NISER · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · reconstruction 7 October 2023.

The reconstruction

One hundred and
sixty-one images.

The source archive records a photogrammetry run completed on 7 October 2023 from 161 contributed images. The original GLB is displayed here without changing its geometry, textures or missing areas.

The site also has newer Gaussian-splatting runs. This viewer uses the older, smaller GLB; its date is kept separate from those later reconstructions. Camera viewpoints and visible-surface buttons help you inspect it without assigning invented architectural names or dates.

Sources, model rights & technical notes

Model: Anonymous contributor / Project Tirtha, NISER. Reconstruction 7 October 2023; ARK 74218/t149vcjvb2vdzxpt76g. Project source · Source terms.

The model is distributed unchanged for this free, ad-free, noncommercial presentation under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Project Tirtha’s application code has a separate AGPL licence; that is not treated as the model’s licence. No Tirtha application code is embedded here.

Rendering uses locally bundled Three.js, MeshoptDecoder (MIT) and KTX2/Basis (Apache 2.0). The 16.3 MB model is self-contained. Unsupported compressed-texture devices keep the still view rather than allocating a large uncompressed fallback. Default views do not contact a model host.

The source’s geographic point conflicts with its district label when compared with the retained 2021 polygons. That point is rejected; no replacement map pin or route entrance is inferred. Reconstruction units are not presented as surveyed metres. The visible-surface controls are computed from the actual mesh and have no historical or cadastral meaning.

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